Crescendo800 with Pre-existing OSX |
April, 22, 2003 12:16 PM |
ramhoj |
Using XPF I had OSX 10.2.5 running nicely on a Umax S900 with XLR8 G3/350 (Radeon7000 Graphics and 656 MB of RAM). Just purchased a Sonnet Crescendo G4/ 800MHz which installs and works well under OS9.1 but using the XPF contol panel won't boot in OSX (I get several minutes of HD activity and a blank screen before it restarts in OS9). Is there some trick I'm missing or do I have to re-install OSX with the new upgrade card installed? Will the Crescendo only work with the Sonnet InstallX software? |
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RE: Crescendo800 with Pre-existing OSX |
April, 23, 2003 2:32 PM |
marcush |
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You could try booting into OSX with your G3 card, installing Sonnet X-Tuneup 1.2.6 to get the cache enabler software installed. The shutdown, swap out the cards and try again. Also, reinstall the kernel extensions and BootX. |
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RE: Crescendo800 with Pre-existing OSX |
April, 22, 2003 6:57 PM |
gturnbul |
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Ramhoj, I tried installing the Crescendo 700 on my S900, but could not do it. I am still using my G3/300. I am curious though have you tried switching your SCSI cable from the fast port on your motherboard, to the external port? I was going to try this, but have not had the time lately. |
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RE: Crescendo800 with Pre-existing OSX |
April, 22, 2003 6:38 PM |
tempest |
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I had to run Sonnet's software and install it before my 800MHz G4 would boot stably. Although I still use XPF to restart into OS X. A part of the install process is modifying the NVRAM. Once that is done, I think you're OK and can continue to use XPF's extensions. |
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RE: Crescendo800 with Pre-existing OSX |
April, 22, 2003 6:27 PM |
arthurgf |
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You may have to adjust the "throttle control". I think it's preset to 8 but you may have to change it up or down. You may also need to check on the "reinstall extensions" in the file menu. Hopefully that will do the trick. After you get logged on OS X you probably will need to download and install the "X-Tune up" file on the Sonnet site to enable your L2/L3 cache. Good luck. |
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