Re: Stability of 15 MHz ZipGS

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article  spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes...
>
>   I just replaced my 8/16 ZipGS with an upgraded 15/64 ZipGS (15 MHz! :) 
>and seem to have come across as to whether the board is stable or not. 
>When launching System 6.0.1, I've noticed the entire system will lock-up 
>after a couple of mouse clicks. To be more specific, the mouse-cursor 
>still moves around, but everything in the background is frozen (I cannot 
>even access the CDA menu, my only option is a Control-Reset at that point).
>Just double-clicking on folders, moving a window around, or clicking on
>a scrollbar causes a lock-up, within just a few seconds. 
> 
>   What's _very_ odd is, doing a shift-boot seems to completely rid me
>of these lock-ups. Everything runs smoothly after doing this. I didn't
>have any problem with my 8/16 ZipGS, though is it possible (by an 
>untimely coincidence) an INIT/DA or setup file become corrupted and
>it is not the fault of my new accelerator?

   Just to add to the above, it seems to only occur under GS/OS. I can
easily cause a lock-up within 2-3 seconds merely by playing around with
keyboard navigation within the Finder (moving arrow keys around). If I
disable the ZipGS (via CDA software) or shift-boot, the problem 
disappears.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca