[G4] Re: System profiler and PC-133 RAM

[Harry Freeman]

Greetings ( + )!( + )

If you got the firmware up-grade from Apple, when you tried to install 
the Up-grade it would have told you that it wasn't required if your 
machine didn't require or was inapplicable to your platform.
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On Aug 20, 2006, at 8:46 AM, nagable at comcast.net wrote:

> Het, thanks for the responses, guys.  The problem is still ongoing.  I 
> wouldn't care how the RAM was recognized if I did'nt get the system 
> freeze an hour or so  into the run.  I have a friend who has the 
> identical machine without the processor upgrade, and his recognized 
> the RAM as PC133.  He's gonna lend me one of his chips to try in my 
> machine.  I'll let you know how it turns out.
>
> I'd like to hear from others who got the Sonnet 1.8 GHz dual processor 
> upgrade.  It required a firmware upgrade before installation, and for 
> that you had to boot into OS 9.  Now I'm wondering if the firmware 
> upgrade was only required on the older G4s (mine is Quicksilver 2002).
>
> Stay tuned.  I'll keep you posted.  Incidentally, the computer really 
> flies (before it freezes...).
>
> Nate
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Nicolas Kinnan <nasw at pcmagic.net>
>> Hey, Nate,
>>
>> I'm no expert on anything, but I've long had a similar problem with my
>> 533DP, running 10.3.9...  I have two 512MB PC133 DIMMs that I bought
>> specifically because they were CL2, but System Profiler has never, 
>> ever
>> recognised them for what they are.  It has consistently reported one 
>> as
>> CL3 and the other as PC100!  I have no idea why this is, as I am 
>> either
>> very certain they are premium RAM, or at least I have convinced myself
>> they are.  They both say PC133, at least...
>>
>> At any rate, I have heard that this is a rather common issue with Sys
>> Pro, so I generally don't worry about it.
>>
>> I am interested in finding out how your upgrade situation resolves,
>> though, as I am leaning strongly towards one of the 1.8DP upgrades 
>> from
>> Sonnet or Giga (weird:  they now look the same), as I can't afford a
>> completely new machine and even if I could, kind of want to save my
>> resources for whatever is available when or if CS3 ships...  Unless
>> used G5's drop in price by about a thousand dollars between now and
>> then, of course.
>>
>> NAK
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18 Aug 2006, at 13:53, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I have a fussy computer (Quicksilver 2002 800 MHz originally, 
>>> upgraded
>>> processor to Sonnet 1.8GHz dual).  I get a lot of freezes, usually
>>> while on the Internet or in the e-mail app on the Internet.  I ran
>>> disk repair from another startup disk (fixed a lot of stuff) and
>>> disabled Classic, but still get the ocasional freeze--it fact i was
>>> kicked out twice while writing this.
>>>
>>> I thought the problem might be because the System profiler reads the
>>> RAM at PC100.  It's OWC RAM, probably about 2 years old.  I didn't
>>> look at the chip, just figured maybe I bought cheap RAM to years ago
>>> and settled for PC100.   I called OWC Tech support and asked if that
>>> might cause a problem and they said it might, so I ordered 3 more PC
>>> 133 512MB chips, thinking I might sell the PC-100 to old iMac owners.
>>>
>>> The chips came, I installed them and checked the profiler.  It still
>>> read that the chips were PC-100!  I looked at the labels on the chips
>>> I removed, and they, too, were PC 133.
>>>
>>> What's up with that? Any ideas?  OWC tech support is next on my list
>>> of calls.  I don't need 5 chips for three slots.
>>>
>>> Nate


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