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Driver (2)
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153
Encore Firmware Updater Installer (Mac OS X 10.3-10.4)
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May-08-19
154
SonnetCache Enabler (Mac OS X) 1.4
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Aug-07-2009
 
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Manual (2)
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269
Encore/ZIF Processor Upgrade User's Manual
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May-08-19
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Encore/ZIF 1.0 GHz Processor Upgrade User's Guide
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May-08-19
 
FAQ (13)
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72
The Crescendo/Encore installer hangs, or crashes the system; occurs most often when run from the Sonnet installer CD.
May-12-09
78
Why does the Encore/ZIF (700MHz and faster) require that my Blue & White or PCI Graphics G4 bus speed be slowed to 66MHz? Doesn't that slow down my computer?
May-12-09
169
May I discard my original CPU after installing Sonnet's upgrade cards?
May-07-09
171
The speed indicated on the G3 or G4 chip on my Sonnet processor upgrade doesn't seem to match the speed of the upgrade I purchased. What's the story?
May-07-09
175
The Crescendo/Encore installer hangs, or crashes the system; occurs most often when run from the Sonnet installer CD while using Mac OS 9.
May-07-09
218
The computer's standard startup process takes noticeably longer after upgrading to any Mac OS 9.x system from Mac OS 8.6 or earlier.
May-12-09
238
System will not start following installation of the processor upgrade card, or may fail shortly after restart. IMPORTANT! Do not continue attempts to restart—immediately unplug your computer.
May-12-09
239
Encore firmware updater must be run to allow installation of a G4 processor in these machines, but this software is not available for Mac OS X.
Jun-25-09
240
During Crescendo/Encore Install 1.4.6 software installation, the system displays an error message stating "Your computer's firmware does not have the Sonnet G4-enabling patch installed."
May-12-09
Due to a coding error, Crescendo/Encore Install 1.4.6 cannot complete the firmware patch successfully. Only this version of software has this issue.
To address this issue, install the latest version of Sonnet software.
 
241
While applying the Sonnet G3 firmware patch on a Power Macintosh G3 (Blue & White) computer, the updater stops and either: a) The error message, "Assertion (modPtr) failed in firmwareUpdater.c on line 236" appears. OR b) Your system boots to the desktop and a message stating, "Your computer's firmware does not have the Sonnet G4-enabling patch installed" appears.
Jul-23-09
242
After following all of the instructions in the included User's Quick Start Guide and installing the Encore/ZIF G4 upgrade card, the computer freezes at random during boot up or boots to the desktop without any issues, but crashes randomly, and/or programs unexpectedly quit.
May-12-09
243
After removing and replacing my Encore/ZIF card during the course of troubleshooting, or after moving it from one machine to another, my computer has stopped booting, or started crashing shortly after booting.
May-12-09
244
After following all of the instructions in the included User's Quick Start Guide and installing the Encore/ZIF G4 upgrade card, my computer crashes during boot up. The computer generates the boot chime and video is displayed, however, the boot process stops with just a cursor on screen.
May-12-09