[Cube] Problems with Powerlogix Upgrade 1.35 GHz - yout too?

[Brett Pearce]

Had the same problem - turned out to be bad RAM. What worked with the 
450Mhz processor would not with a 1.2Ghz upgrade - removed the chip and 
all is well now.

Brett


> Hello friends,
>
> after a long time of waiting I decided to buy a Powerlogix 100 1.3
> GHz 7457 Upgrade.
>
> Nervous and with a feeling like christmas I waited and built it into 
> my cube.
> In fact: about 3x times faster than my 450 MHz CPU I could measure
> with Xbench. Heureka!!!
>
> But than the problems began: crashes, defect and even dead harddisks
> followed and so on.
>
> Be sure, I did everything like the instructions told me. Three days
> and tow defect HDs later I ask myself, what might be the reason.
> So I couldn't install more than 10.3: 10.3.2.dmg couldn't be mounted,
> same with installation of other software. (I made a clean install,
> therefore I can't imagine, that owner rights or preferences can be
> the reason...)
>
> As I remarked, my cube had and has Boot ROM Version 4.1.9 "f".
> No, back to 450 MHz, my cube works stable again.
> I'm quite sure, the CPU is OK. In fact it
>
> Has anybody of you had similar problems?
>
> Very interested
> Stefan
>