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Authored by: MovieBoy on Jan 04, '03 04:58:57AM

It appears that, at least in my case, Carbon Copy Cloner does not "reset" the OS to recognize the new hardware. I could see this by running Apple System Profiler. (My new TiBook was showing the Machine Model as PowerBook3,5 (version = 3.2) while a TiBook with a clean install of OS X would show it as a PowerBook G4.)

I had to remove the file 'com.apple.PowerManagement.xml' from /private/var/db/SystemConfiguration/ to get the Processor Performance option to show up. (I then had to reboot to get it to enable the L3 Cache the first time)

You can run the following command from the Terminal to do this:
sudo rm /private/var/db/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.xml

Also, according to Apple, only the following models will have this option available:


* PowerBook G4 - see Note.
* PowerBook G4 (DVI)
* iBook (Special Edition)
* iBook (Dual USB)
* iBook (Late 2001)
* iBook (14.1-inch LCD)
* iBook (16 VRAM)
* iBook (14.1 LCD 16 VRAM)

Note: This feature is not available on PowerBook G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) computers.




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I found a fix...
Authored by: usa35 on Jan 05, '03 07:19:05PM

I'm assuming that my Powerbook G4 667 did not have the L3 (since it wasn't the DVI model), I don't remember ever seeing the processor option before... But, Movieboy, it's good to see that I'm not the only one who used cccloner to move to a new system! :-)

I followed your advice on my new 1Ghz PB, and it works correctly! SpeedRun values doubled, and I get the processor pop-up in Energy Saver. Thanks!

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As for the guy who asked about Airport reception, It appears that my new 1Ghz does get better reception - but I have not tested this thoroughly, yet. My 667 definitely had problems, and this 1Ghz seems better - that's for sure. So, there is some improvement, but I have no idea how much.


-usa35



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