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Using XLR8 MAChSpeed Control – OS9 & OSX 8/19/05 – 3.4.2 Thank you for purchasing MAChSpeed Control. This product is designed to offer an unparalleled level of compatibility for all G3 and G4 systems and upgrades. MAChSpeed Control – OSX has been re-written from the ground up to provide the most modern and most compatible cache control solution available today. This file contains information about the XLR8 MAChSpeed Control software for Mac OS X. Additional information about this product can be found at http://xlr8.com and http://daystartechnology.com Contents • Features • Deinstallation • Installation • Using MAChSpeed Control • Serialization • Panels • Purchasing and Upgrading • Troubleshooting • Compatibility • Contacting Daystar Technology Features XLR8 MAChSpeed Control is designed to provide performance and compatibility tools for Mac CPUs. It has a range of features for automated and manual configuration, testing and reporting of the CPU and Backside Caches. It supports all G3, G4 and G5 systems and upgrade cards within Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Features will vary by the specific CPU and system. Features of XLR8 MAChSpeed Control Compatibility: • System tuning. Works around a variety of processor errors in early G3 and G4 CPUs. Improves overall stability, including motherboard cache management, and improved sleep mode support on the PowerBook G3. XLR8 MAChSpeed Control was the first software to correctly support speculative processing on older ROMs and to do so in a persistent fashion at the earliest stages of bootup -a technique arbitrarily copied by competitors throughout the years. • System Information. Updates low-level information in the IORegistry. It also updates the kernel of OS X itself to ensure that Apple System Profiler can display the most accurate details about the system speed and capabilities. This ensures that accurate information is available to applications that would otherwise be limited by the processing power available. • Advanced AltiVec Support. Enables AltiVec support in a technologically sophisticated and correct manner when running G4 upgrades under Mac OS 9 in pre-G4 systems. This ensures true across-the board compatibility with AltiVec applications and is unmatched by competitive products. • CPU Startup Speed Management. Available on 750 fx/gx CPUs. For enhanced compatibility, this feature allows the system to boot at the hardware speed, and then reset to the software selected speed automatically after the system boot sequence is complete. …