Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
June, 30, 2003 1:20 AM |
john730 |
I was wondering if anyone is still experiencing anything close to what is happening to me (I hope someone has, and there is a work around). My setup is: PowerTower Pro XLR8 Carrier ZIF w/OWC G3 400MHz 496 MB RAM A2) B2) ATI Xclaim VR 128 C2) Adaptec 2930U D2) E2) ATI Xclaim GA F2) IMS TwinTurbo XPostFacto 2.2.5 and OS 10.2.6 Everything seems to work great until it just freezes (yes, I have turned off all energy/sleeping settings that I know of via the System Preferences). It lasts different amounts of time before it freezes. Sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes a couple of hours. One day, it lasted all day while I was at work, only to come home, sit down and change a few hard drive icons, then it freezed! Please, any suggestions are welcome as my system is un-usable as an OS X box if I can't get past this problem. Thanks all! |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 14, 2003 2:54 AM |
john730 |
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Well, I'm back here to report that the PowerLogix's "CPU Director 1.1f1" is working wonderfully on my PowerTower Pro with the XLR8 Carrier ZIF that has an OWC G3 350 MHz (over clocked to 400 MHz!). My system has been running all last night, and all day long today with no problems!!!! I am soo excited that all is working well for me now! It never did before. I guess my $10 paid off after all!!!! Thanks to everyone's input on suggesting different cache control software. Although some said that the XLR8 upgrade was a bad mix with a PowerTower Pro, it works for me just fine. I'll post back if I run into any problems. |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 10, 2003 2:50 AM |
john730 |
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My RAM has been de-interleaved ever since I put the XLR8 card in it (when the XLR8 card was first released). If I can get more time, I will eventually get to trying different L2 enabling software. As soon as I do try these out (PowerLogix, Sonnet, & XLR8) I'll post back here with my results. |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 03, 2003 10:59 PM |
mjohnson1 |
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My PTP had the same problems when I was running an XLR8 card in it. I had to de- interleave the RAM in order to get it to stabilize. With a NewerTech G3 and a Sonnet 800 G4, there are no such problems - no freezes, RAM can be interleaved. The more reports I see about this type of problem, the more I am convinced that XLR8 cards just don't like the PTP's. |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 03, 2003 2:54 PM |
rpertierra |
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Have you installed new memory lately? The same thing was happening to me and it was a bad memory chip. Start pulling them out and run with one memory module at a time (if it's large enough), remove and put the next one in, etc... Then run OS X for a while on each one... Hope that works. If you have not installed new memory "skip" :) |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 03, 2003 7:59 AM |
john730 |
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Yes, I did remove the original L2 cache from the motherboard. I think I just need to devote some time for testing each brand of L2 cache enablers that are available. Maybe I'll find one that gives me better results that what I get now. |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 01, 2003 10:24 PM |
mjoecups358 |
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You removed the original 1M L2 cache dimm right? Marty |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 01, 2003 10:23 PM |
mjoecups358 |
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The Powerlogix software (the older one) caused freezes/panic for both my Powerlogix G4/450 and for my Metabox G3/500. I could get the G4 to run pretty reliably if I downclocked it into the 380Mhz range. L2cacheconfig allows both these upgrades to function reliably. The Powerlogix card is running at 420 now. Marty |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 01, 2003 9:29 PM |
powderhaus |
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it is not that one piece of enabling software is bad, it just uses the wrong technique for you specific card, The original powerlogix enabler was bad for my sonnet but was fine for others, the new version however works but it can't enable on start up yet. you would try sonnets, go download their tune up software, run it and then (before reboot, it all works in X too) run the reinstallation of extensions from XPF (you can do that in X also) and restart. oh yeah and make sure you disable L2cacheconfig before you restart. if that does not solve you problems you can try and dig up an old version of the powerlogix enabler and install that or just wait until powerlogix fix the bug in their current version. |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
July, 01, 2003 7:39 PM |
john730 |
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mjoecups, that's interesting because I have always and only used L2CacheConfig with my setup. What kind of upgrade card/processor are you using? I wonder if I should try to run XLR8's cache inabling software? |
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RE: Freeze with no warning after running awhile |
June, 30, 2003 11:37 AM |
mjoecups358 |
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Usually this is caused by bad Cache enabling software.... (Powerlogix anyone?_ Switching back to Ryan's L2cacheconfig fixed these freeze issues for me, and actually allowed me to run my processors at a faster clock speed in OSX... |
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