Accelorator Card for my 9600 TDM

I've used one for years with only one problem; I had forgotten to disable the motherboard cache from the setting within the Newertech control panel. This caused some PT/plugin problems for me. Once I got that correct, everything's been great. I have used Sonnet and Powerlogix in other computers and had numerous problems. Also, while they're not exactly the same company they once were, they are back in business to some degree. has an archive of software support also.

Oh yeh.........remember to press the CUDA (red button on the motherboard) after installing the Newertech.

Thanks Anthony for the input. I'll probably snag this chip up. the guy only wants 75.00 for it. sounds like a good deal to me for the extra horse power chris

At this point, if your 9600 is working OK, you might want to just let well enough be until you can upgrade to a new machine. Motherboards get more fragile with age, and we've certainly been seeing a lot of posts lately from people with damaged computer slots. Back when I had a 9600 as my PT machine, I tried a Newertech G3-400, and had lots of problems. Perhaps the card was defective. After attempting to use that card, however, something fried on my 9600's motherboard, and from that point on, the PCI slots would not function correctly. Fortunately, I had a second 9600 that I ended up using for PT, and I retired the other machine to internet use. I had enough trouble with a brand new card. A used card would be even more of a question mark. You'll have to decide if it's worth the gamble. If you do go for it, make sure to take all the precautions. Use a grounded wrist strap, and be sure to treat the edge connectors with ProGold for a good contact (and to make inserting the card easier). You might also want to freshen up the power supply connections, and blow all the dust out of the power supply. The new card will probably draw more juice, which could potentially push a weak power supply over the edge. Lee Blaske

What you want is the XLR8 SSE edition upgrade processor. "SSE" stands for 'six slot edition'; specifically engineered to work with six slot Powermacs, I've had my 400Mhz version running in a 9600 for 1.5 years without a single problem ever. XLR8 is out of biz as well, but if you can find this card, you'll be set......

Thanks fellas.....I appreciate the additional feedback.....The more i here and read.. the more i think I might pass on this upgrade possability. Maybe find a newer machine one day , who knows?? I'm also running LE on a Ti-book w/ Mbox and it does fine too. chris