[G4] PLAY CHESS! OWC comment re testing processor upgrades

keithw keith_w at dslextreme.com
Mon Jul 4 10:11:25 PDT 2005


Steve Goldstein wrote:

> BACKGROUND: I had reported that my OWC Mercury Extreme 1.4 GHz
> processor upgrade was the culprit that was causing my Quicksilver
> 2002 to go crazy on me (weird font substitutions, freezing), and all
> this learned after hunting down, testing, and rejecting just about
> all other possibilities first.  OWC was VERY cooperative in accepting
> the processor upgrade for replacement.  The replacement processor has
> worked well for several days already.
> 
> CHESS: I wrote to ask OWC Tech Support about testing the new
> processor, because, even though it seems to be working properly,
> Apple Hardware Test (CD that comes with new Macs) reported the same
> errors as with the defective processor.  Their reply was very
> interesting and worth sharing--PLAY CHESS:
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Very interesting! Thanks for sharing that.

keith whaley


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