Wow, a whole two threads!
1) It sounds like both problems are actually video card (ATI in particular) related.
2) With any upgrade, there are bound to be some dissatisfied users and defective products. My personal experience happens to be in the majority, but any one anecdote (whether mine, yours, or the people on Apple's discussion boards) is statistically insignificant in the big scheme of things. Sonnet is traditionally VERY GOOD at what they do. They produce top notch, high quality, and well supported products.
I had some trouble getting all my cards to work together. I had an ATI Radeon 9200, Sonnet Tempo Trio, FWB Jackhammer, and Sonnet 1 GHz G4. In the end, some creative troubleshooting, assistance from Sonnet (ATI was no help, literally - they never responded to my requests for help so shame on ATI), and shuffling of cards resulted in a very stable and VERY FAST beige G3 system. Being an owner of a Rev A G3 from 1997 (yes, I actually bought it NEW in '97), I've got a pretty good handle on these systems. I know them inside and out. And I've never had any trouble with stability on one with a G4 CPU. One thing you absolutely have to do if you have an aftermarket ATI card is disable ALL the OEM ATI extensions. They'll constantly crash your machine or even prevent it from booting!
As for your other issues...
Also, ASP stinks at recognizing CPU upgrades. I recommend instead that you check Metronome or Gauge Pro (it'll have to be a very new version to recognize a 1 GHz G4 - can't remember if my copy would do so correctly). Either of those should accurately detect the CPU speed, L1 cache size, L2 cache size, and L3 cache size (if applicable).
Peace,
Drew
1) It sounds like both problems are actually video card (ATI in particular) related.
2) With any upgrade, there are bound to be some dissatisfied users and defective products. My personal experience happens to be in the majority, but any one anecdote (whether mine, yours, or the people on Apple's discussion boards) is statistically insignificant in the big scheme of things. Sonnet is traditionally VERY GOOD at what they do. They produce top notch, high quality, and well supported products.
I had some trouble getting all my cards to work together. I had an ATI Radeon 9200, Sonnet Tempo Trio, FWB Jackhammer, and Sonnet 1 GHz G4. In the end, some creative troubleshooting, assistance from Sonnet (ATI was no help, literally - they never responded to my requests for help so shame on ATI), and shuffling of cards resulted in a very stable and VERY FAST beige G3 system. Being an owner of a Rev A G3 from 1997 (yes, I actually bought it NEW in '97), I've got a pretty good handle on these systems. I know them inside and out. And I've never had any trouble with stability on one with a G4 CPU. One thing you absolutely have to do if you have an aftermarket ATI card is disable ALL the OEM ATI extensions. They'll constantly crash your machine or even prevent it from booting!
As for your other issues...
What config utility?! Sonnet has the motto "Simply fast" for a reason - their upgrades are simple. They DO NOT MAKE A CONFIG UTILITY. Perhaps that's the source of your problem...
Also, ASP stinks at recognizing CPU upgrades. I recommend instead that you check Metronome or Gauge Pro (it'll have to be a very new version to recognize a 1 GHz G4 - can't remember if my copy would do so correctly). Either of those should accurately detect the CPU speed, L1 cache size, L2 cache size, and L3 cache size (if applicable).
Peace,
Drew