#Mystery DayStar Card
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This is a strange question I hope someone can help me with:
My company recently bought me a used Quadra 650 that has a "mysterious" Daystar
card installed that I don't know what it is. There's a large chip on one end
with a heat sink attached to it, so I'm asuming it may be some type of
processor, but there's no drivers installed on the machine in either Control
Panels or Extensions that would make me think it's either a PPC upgrade card or
a cache card.
Is there any way I can look at the markings on the card and find out what it
is, and then locate the drivers (if necessary) to make it work?
Thanks for your help…..
JLM
>My company recently bought me a used Quadra 650 that has a "mysterious"
Daystar card installed that I don't know what it is. There's a large chip on
one end with a heat sink attached to it, so I'm asuming it may be some type of
processor, but there's no drivers installed on the machine in either Control
Panels or Extensions that would make me think it's either a PPC upgrade card or
a cache card. Is there any way I can look at the markings on the card and find
out what it is, and then locate the drivers (if necessary) to make it work?
It could be several things:
The following attach to the PDS connector:
1) FastCache Quadra (128K level 2 cache)
2) Quad/Image 040 (68040 accelerator and accelerator/DSP card)
3) PowerPro 601 PowerPC upgrade board (66, 80 or 100 MHz)
If the board is in the NuBus slot:
1) Charger DSP board (Photoshop filter acceleration)
Call our Tech Support group at 404-967-2077, they can help you identify the
board and send you the necessary software.
Greg Erickson
DayStar Digital
Thanks for the info, Greg.
I opened the machine and pulled the card & found it's a Quad 40 accelerator. Is
there any sort of info about upgrades available for this card (can it be
upgraded/traded in for a PPC upgrade card?) And, do I need any sort of software
drivers to run the card (I look to get the same performance with or without the
card installed, so I assume it needs some sort of driver.)
JLM
>I opened the machine and pulled the card & found it's a Quad 40 accelerator.
Is there any sort of info about upgrades available for this card (can it be
upgraded/traded in for a PPC upgrade card?) And, do I need any sort of software
drivers to run the card (I look to get the same performance with or without the
card installed, so I assume it needs some sort of driver.)
QuadControl v2.3 is needed to activate the integrated 128K level 2 cache. You
can get this CDEV from DayStar's software library. GO MACAVEN, Section 6:
DayStar Digital.
The Quad 040 can be traded in for credit toward a PowerPro 601, DayStar's
PowerPC upgrade for the Quadra 650/700/800/900/950 and Centris 650. The Trade
Up price for the 100 MHz PowerPro 601 is $933. This boardhas a 1MB level 2
cache and exclusively uses the Mac's system board memory. Using native 601 code
applications allows it to run about four times as fast as your Quadra 650 with
its 680×0 apps!
Greg Erickson
DayStar Digital