Finally got my 1400c/G3 built!

[sambapati87]

I finally had time to assemble my latest pet project (after my Duo 2300c):

1400c/133 with:

400mhz Sonnet Crescendo G3/1MB L2 Cache, which seems to be running stable. I had problems with this module in my other 1400.

48MB RAM

2GB HD

Ethernet Card

Working batteries. One of these got over 3 hours (though it was just sitting idle at the desktop).

Installing 8.5 now, will try some old games tonight or tomorrow. Also I'll run battery amnesia. The ethernet card makes this way more useful -- I can keep it on my desk for SSH, AIM, even light web browsing!

 

[System7]

Very nice! I had a 117/cs and it was not a pleasant experience. I know that the other ones are 2000x better. Enjoy the good keyboard!

 

[LCGuy]

System7: Yeah, with the cacheless 117 Mhz chip and the dual scan display, a 1400cs/117 is just about the worst 1400 you can get. I have a 1400c/166 and it is a very nice machine.

Either way, nice machine, you should think about picking up a WiFi card for it...I've got one and its great to be able to connect to my network from it anywhere around the house at speeds faster than LocalTalk! (i went straight from LocalTalk to WiFi connectivity on it)

 

[sambapati87]

It's working well so far. I got about 2 hours out of the battery in battery amnesia (from an 86% charge!). I can't seem to get the Sonnet Crescendo extension to play nice though-- crashes at boot.

 

[sambapati87]

Posting from it! Found the ethernet driver (ended up being a Farallon card). iCab 3 -- lets just say its not a screamer on here. I might try disabling virtual memory (and/or getting that damn L2 cache to activate on the Crescendo upgrade).

Still cool to see it online.

 

[Bunsen]

Getting the cache working will indeed make a big difference. Try older/newer versions of the Sonnett drivers, or drivers from some of the other manufacturers

 

[sambapati87]

From everything I've read/found about the problem, including email Sonnet, the consensus seems to be a bad L2 cache chip, or at least an easily annoyed one. I've tried 7.6.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.0.4, and 9.1 with the newest version of the extension, loading first or last, and nothing works. I've even launched with nothing BUT the Sonnet extension on to check for conflicts but it still crashes. Sometimes it gets to the desktop, but within 45 seconds it's frozen again. For what I'm doing with it (writing and the occasional old game), it hasn't bothered me too much with the cache off, but I know I'm missing a lot of potential performance.

I hadn't thought about other manufacturers -- I'll have to look that up, and maybe try the original driver that came with the card.