sonnet ZIF 500/1m Processor questions

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so it finally arrived, and it came with a sheet that said i had to install a patch so it'd work on the B&W, and that it had to be installed running 8.x or 9.x, NOT Osx,

im running OSX 10.4.

and to make matters worse, i dont have an os 9 cd, and this is a backup machine, i doubt i can downgrade without loosing my "precious" backups.

thanks.
bbl.
 

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so it finally arrived, and it came with a sheet that said i had to install a patch so it'd work on the B&W, and that it had to be installed running 8.x or 9.x, NOT Osx,

im running OSX 10.4.

and to make matters worse, i dont have an os 9 cd, and this is a backup machine, i doubt i can downgrade without loosing my "precious" backups.

thanks.
bbl.

Is this a firmware patch? If so...worst case scenario:

- find/purchase an OS 9 disk
- find/purchase a 2nd hard drive

Then:

- Install OS 9 onto the 2nd hard drive
- install the patch
- install the new CPU
- reboot into 2nd drive (OS 9 drive) to make sure the new CPU is working ok
- then reboot into your original hard drive (OS X drive)

Hope this helps,

- Nick
 
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Check out the Sonnet site or forums on the firmware patch. From memory, which is getting old and feeble let me tell you, was the patch required initially to run OS X when it was first released, or is this a separate patch for the upgrade? This link may help, which suggest you have to go thew OS 9 route:-

http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore.html
 

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