[G4] problem was OWC Mercury Extreme 1.4 GHz processor upgrade!

[Richard ramsowr]

joel

this is going to sound dum but just what and where do
i fing the "Apple Hardware Test" ...I think my
Quicksilver could use a run/

thanks

--- Joel Threatt <jthreatt at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 15, 2005, at 5:57 PM, Steve Goldstein wrote:
> 
> > For weeks and weeks, my Quicksilver 2002 has been
> behaving more and  
> > more bizarrely, and I have tried everything short
> of removing the  
> > OWC Mercury Extreme G4 at 1.4GHz
> >
> > BINGO!  That was the problem all along.  Back in
> its original  
> > state, except that I re-installed the ATI Radeon
> 9000 video card,  
> > the Mac passes all tests with Apple Hardware Test,
> and, more  
> > importantly, seems to be behaving perfectly once
> again!  All of the  
> > utilities that I had suspected as culprits are
> working just fine,  
> > as is Eudora.
> >
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > Steve
> >
> 
> I just got a replacement Mercury Extreme 1.2. The
> first one I  
> received failed the post IE.. no level 3 cash. They
> (OWC) were more  
> than prompt getting me a replacement. The new one
> failed as well. So  
> feeling nothing to loose, I set the jumpers for
> 1.33mhz. The machine  
> would not boot so I shutdown, reset the jumpers to
> 1.2, as shipped,  
> started up and lo and behold there was the level 3
> cashe in the  
> profiler and all post's passed. Go figger. I am
> going to give this 25  
> days and see if things stay normal and if not I am
> going to trade for  
> a Sonnet. I have heard a few folks complain about
> the Mercury  
> upgrades but for now mine is doing fine.  Good luck.
> 
> Joel
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