[CUBE] FCP & upgrades

[Laurie A Duncan]

On 9/22/03 6:24 AM, hostler at mac.com added a note to the human symphony, when
this was said:

> I had this problem chris with my Sonnet 1.2 card - which showed up systems
> wise as 0Ghz. FCP 4 wouldn't boot.
> 
> Installed the latest extensions from Sonnet - free download - and it now is
> recognised properly, reported as 1.2 Ghz and FCP runs.
> 
> That's the case for a Sonnet card anyways - not sure about Powerlogix ones.
> 
> T
> 
> On 21/9/03 3:08 am, "macjedi at mac.com" <macjedi at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Ok, so either I deleted the relevant posts, or this topic hasn't been
>> thoroughly
>> discussed:
>> 
>> Does Final Cut Pro still run on Cubes with processor upgrades that do not
>> show
>> up properly in Apple System Profiler? Does FCP use that for its 500 MHz or
>> better determination, or does it have its own proc determiner built in?
>> 
>> Contemplating an 800 MHz - 1.24 GHz upgrade for my Cube, and want to be able
>> to
>> continue using FCP if I lose access to the G4/867 tower at work.
>> 
>> Thanks all!
>> 
>> chris

There's an article in the Cube Owner FAQ that covers this. There is software
for both Sonnet and PowerLogix that enables the correct speed reporting and
another workaround for Final Cut Pro.

http://cubeowner.com/kbase/index.php?page=index_v2&id=34&c=1

Hope this helps,

Laurie
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