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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Sonnet upgrade. | Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-06 07:16:05
This is one of the PCI cards that's compatible with PM 5500's right?
The card
| Posted by: tmtomh on 2008-04-06 07:27:47
I get a 404 when I follow the link.
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| Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-06 08:13:03
It should work now.
| Posted by: equill on 2008-04-06 08:28:34
Sure is. Not PCI but L2 cache slot, which is why they are called 'L2 G3' upgrades. Also available with its own inbuilt 1MB cache (BG3-400-1M-KIT-04), as opposed to the 512kB in the linked example (BG3-400-5-KIT-04-A or E). I have four 5500/5400 with the upgrades, picked up when there was a spate of the cards on eBay in late 2005 and early 2006. The Macs (black) fly even in OS 9.1. USD20 is dirt cheap.
PS. If you max. the RAM (2 x 168-pin 64MB EDO 2k 70ns), replace the modem in the Comm. Slot with a CS II 10 or 10/100Base-T NIC, use the single PCI slot for a video card of better performance than the onboard video, and insert an AV card and a TV tuner, you'll be cooking with gas. (No. Not petrol).
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| Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-06 11:17:41
This computer actually came to me with an CS II ethernet, AV card,OS 8.6 and S-video/Camcorder card installed from school.
Also, does this need drivers?
| Posted by: equill on 2008-04-06 18:53:33
If 'this' means the Sonnet card, the ' Sonnet Processor Upgrade' v2.3.1 (with a space character in its name to ensure that it loads early in the startup process), is presumably already in the Extensions Folder. If it is there, you will see it amongst the first icons marching across the screen at startup. The other add-ins will also have need for software, depending as their makers were Apple or third parties.
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| Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-06 19:37:45
Alright, thanks for your help, equill! I'll PM you when I'm ready to put the card in after I've got it.
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