Newsgroup: it.comp.macintosh
Titolo: Upgrades Sonnet overcloccate dal fabbricante?

 
Does a Sonnet G3/500 really have a G3/500?*
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It was standing in our MacWorld booth that I learned something
disturbing concerning Sonnet and processor speeds. Responding to an
anonymous insider tip, we did a closer inspection on the Sonnet Upgrade
models we had in stock and found that the Sonnet G3/500 PCI and G3/500
L2 Sonnet upgrades actually had 466MHz marked IBM G3 processors and even
more of a stretch, the Sonnet G3/450MHZ PCI had a 333MHz marked IBM G3
processor.
I approached an available Sonnet manager on this issue and she did not
seem to have any knowledge of this practice, but did say she would find
out what was going on. I expected it to have been an error and was
completely shocked when she did get back to me saying it was normal and
that they had high-temp rated chips and that was why they could use them
for a faster speed than their markings.
Most people would never know anything of this since the processor is
hidden under a secured heat sink on the Sonnet models in question. While
XLR8 and PowerLogix have made the processor easily accessible, Sonnet
has advised removing their heatsink voids the warranty. Is there a
consumer advantage to the parts Sonnet is using? I am not aware of any.
Do I think many people are surprised by this? Possibly - I sure was! Was
there some sort of advantage to Sonnet? There must be or they would have
stuck with processors marked to the speed they are selling the upgrades
running at. As a result of this, we have suspended the sales of the
affected items. It just doesn't seem right to me that you get a true
G3/500 processor on XLR8's 500MHz upgrade for $299, you get a true
G3/500 processor on PowerLogix's 500MHz upgrade for $229, but you get a
G3/466MHz on Sonnet's 500MHZ upgrade for $299. And don't even get me
going on the 333MHz marked processor we found on their G3/450MHz
upgrades.
OWC has sold Sonnet Product since about April of 1998. I think Sonnet
has been a real asset to the Macintosh community and I do wish them
continued success. This was information the consumer should now and
Sonnet should have shared it, not hidden it. They barred us from their
MacWorld event upon our publicizing the information, so clearly it would
seem it was something they didn't want the public knowing and points
with them we definitely did not earn. Sonnet makes some excellent
upgrades and we will to sell Sonnet, but only those upgrades that do not
have the lower speed marked processor in comparison to the speed of the
upgrade itself.

 for a faster speed than their markings.
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Quindi questo "scherzetto" e' stato fatto solo coi processori G3 ?
Mi chiedo se la pratica di overclocking non sia stata applicata anche ai
prodotti con G4.
Sai e' un po' che penso di comprare un upgrade a G4 e quello di Sonnet
era anche di facile reperibilita' ma dopo queste voci ci ho ripensato.
Ho provato a contattare Turnover di Napoli per sapere quanto mi sarebbe
costato l'upgrade della XLR8 ma non ho avuto risposta e non sapendo dove
comprare XLR8 dovro' per forza rivolgermi a Sonnet nella speranza che
non mi faccia strani scherzi.
Un vero peccato non avere avuto risposta da Turnover (importatore
ufficiale XLR8) soprattutto perche' con XLR8 c'era la possibilita' di
montare un doppio processore (anche comprandone uno alla volta) anche
sul mio Yose mentre quello di Sonnet richiede una macchina AGP.
Non e' che qualcuno sa dove vendono i prodotti XLR8 in Lombardia, meglio
vicino a Milano o anche Varese (diciamo pure sull'asse Sempione) ?
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Ciao, da Francesco B.
Postazione fissa: PowerMac G3 blu e bianco
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