The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrade the CPU, you'd need an accelerator which is made to go into the L2 cache slot on the 6360 motherboard. You can see the L2 cache slot behind the one DIMM in this picture:I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500.
Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?
The Performa doesn't have a CPU slot. In order to upgrade the CPU, you'd need an accelerator which is made to go into the L2 cache slot on the 6360 motherboard. You can see the L2 cache slot behind the one DIMM in this picture:I have a Sonnet G3 PCI card that i removed from my 8500.
Could i use that card in my Performa 6360 ?
Thanks for the info.Sonnet made upgrades for the 5400/6400 and 5500/6500 machines, but have been discontinued for quite some time, and are relatively hard to find.
Does Sonnet sell an accelerator card for the Performal 6360 ?Clarification would be nice...
and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
The accelerators I have were (and one still is) used in a Motorola StarMax 3000. According to most sources I've seen, they can also work in the Performa 6360:Does Sonnet sell an accelerator card for the Performal 6360 ?Clarification would be nice...
and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
The accelerators I have were (and one still is) used in a Motorola StarMax 3000. According to most sources I've seen, they can also work in the Performa 6360:Does Sonnet sell an accelerator card for the Performal 6360 ?Clarification would be nice...
and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/g3-l2.shtml
One person specifically mentions using an L2 slot accelerator with a 6360 here:
http://www.zone6400.com/Sonnet_user_letters.html
I'll take a look at the Docs for the Crescendo G3/466 that's been moved from my 6360's Cache Slot to the temporary replacement 6500 MoBo's cache slot (where it only runs at 400 MHz because of the faster bus, : go figure! . . .Clarification would be nice...
Could someone please tell me if there are ANY documented accelerators which work in L2 cache slots which are supposed to be "enabled" after the machine has begun booting and has loaded a specific extension for that accelerator?
I've heard people talk about them, and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
I've never found actual documentation nor read about them online; it seems MUCH easier to have the main processor float than have the main processor load part of the OS, then get halted, then have the G3 (or perhaps G4) start up. On the other hand, if someone could point me to something, I'd love to know about it.
Actually that card was only marketed to 7200 not 4400. Sonnet had L2 slot G3 for 4400. This thread documents usage of the 7200 card in a 7500. He said he'd try it out in a 6500, but the thread ends there. This is curious. There are even OS X possibilities mentioned in that thread. If you are willing to use the one PCI slot in your 6360, I say go for trying the Crescendo/7200. There was even a G4 variant! If you could get OS X to work with that, it would run pretty well. The issue would be the low RAM ceiling. If you are not willing to give up your PCI slot, go straight for the Crescendo/L2.There are rumours that the Sonnet 7200/4400 G3 upgrade - that actually goes into a PCI slot - has been made to work in other machines. IIRC, someone on the 6400zone forums got it working.