[DuoList] found a 2400c w/ G3 upgrade -- it has issues

[Marion Bates]

DUDE, that did it. Hot damn, thanks!!

I figured since it did recognize the G3, it was all set...but I
downloaded all three things under the NuPowr section on this page:
http://newertech.com/techdownloads and installed 'em (in the process
verifying that the floppy works), and lo and behold, no cache error
message now. Wheee!

Thanks again folks.  :)

-- MB

On 10/20/06, Josh Keady <joshkeady at msn.com> wrote:
> It's because you need to install the software for the G3 card.  The
> L2 cache structure of the new processor isn't active because the
> software isn't installed, and the operating system thinks it's
> failed.  Just download the drivers, install, and you're good.
>
> Josh
>
> On Oct 20, 2006, at 1:10 PM, Marion Bates wrote:
>
> > I'm just about to do that, thanks!
> >
> > It's still being pretty picky...I inserted the modem card that had
> > been in its slot before the big take-apart, and it promptly froze. I
> > had to then go through some more (brief this time) contortions with
> > the reset button and power button to get it to boot again.
> >
> > Also, this makes me sad -- every reboot since that first one, at a
> > certain point after the happy Mac but before the inits are loaded, I
> > get the message, "The built-in memory test has detected a problem with
> > cache memory. Please contact a service technician for assistance." It
> > continues to boot and stuff, but, that's a worrisome message.
> >
> > Is the cache part of the G3 upgrade card?
> >
> > -- MB
>
>
>
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