[G4] AGP Upgrades

[Stefan Daehler]

Original Message:

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>On Sep 20, 2004, at 12:46 PM, James Asherman wrote:
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>Sonnet probably makes the best ones but usually they require some 
>software, which can mess you up if your machine has a problem.
>
>Don't know where you got your information, but I have never seen any 
>software that was needed with the Sonnet processor upgrades.
>
>I installed an 800MHz upgrade in my Gbit Ethernet G4 last year and then 
>replaced that with a 1GHz processor this July and have never had any 
>problem with either of them. Sonnet advertises that their upgrades do 
>NOT need additional software and my experience confirms that claim.
>
>Perhaps you have confused Sonnet with some other brand?

I rather think that our fellow mixed up these upgrades with those for 
PCI-Macs. They DO require some software (a kind of virtual firmware to be 
loaded during boot-up, irc).

Steff