[G4] How to disable Altivec chip

[Phil A. Lefebvre]

On 1/6/03 at 10:32 PM +0000, tomas nygren wrote:
>Thanks for the comments!
>
>Well actually I think its some functions/parts (or Vectors) in this 
>Altivec thing, wherever it is, inside the processor, thats broke 
>since my computer makes really strange things all the time.

In my G4-upgraded Power Mac 8500, I see similar problems with various 
multimedia apps. Disabling the cache control extension solves the 
problem. (Though then it is running cacheless.)
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