[G4] Sonnet Duet 1.8GHz

[nagable at comcast.net]

And the prize goes to--Philip!  I called Sonnet tech support (I live in New Jersey and they're in California and they DO NOT have a toll-free tech support number, but fortunately I have Verizon unlimited nationwide calling.

I had to call them for more info on the firmware upgrade (I just got stupid there) and again this evening.  There was very little wait time, maybe two or three minutes.  When I mentioned the freezing problem and the unconnected fans, he knew right away and told me the connections were on the processor.  I didn't bother to look when I installed it--I guess I got excited (make that stupid--again).

Well, it's in and the machine is flying.  When it boots, it's still slow while the gear wheel is spinning, but once it goes to blue screen it's up in less than one second.  Amazing!

Thanks again for all the advice.  Especially you, Phil.

Nate

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Philip J Robar <pjrobar at areyoureallythatstupid.org>
> 
> On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:20 PM, nagable at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > I got the firmware upgraded, installed the processor (Sonnet Duet  
> > 1.8GHz), and the computer (QuickSilver 2002, 800MHz originally,  
> > 1Gig RAM) starts off like a shot. Runs really fast for about 5  
> > minutes, then freezes. I think it's overheating. The heat sink has  
> > dual fans mounted on it, but there's no place to plug them in. I  
> > had a similar overheating problem with a Snow iMac a few years back.
> 
> I took a look at the manual. It's not clear from the pictures, but it  
> looks like the CPU Fans are wired to the CPU board - yes? Did you  
> remember to hook the case fan back up? You should be able to run the  
> system with the case open long enough to see if all the fans are  
> running without hurting anything.
> 
> 
> Phil Robar