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    Mac OS 8: Energy Saver Compatibility
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2/26/98
8/21/00
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    Summary:
    After performing a clean install of Mac OS 8 on a Performa 6300, the Energy Saver control panel is no longer available. However, using System 7.5.x the Energy Saver control panel was available.

DISCUSSION

    There are two different versions of the control panel named "Energy Saver."

    Energy Saver 1.0 was originally installed in your computer. Version 1.0 of Energy Saver works with non-PCI based Power Macintosh computers (such as the 6100, 7100 and 8100 series and the 5200, 5300, 6200, and 6300 series).

    Mac OS 8 installs Energy Saver 2.0, which works only on PCI-based Power Macintosh computers. Since the installer for Mac OS 8 realizes that you do not have a PCI based Power Macintosh, it does not automatically install Energy Saver. Custom installing Energy Saver actually puts Energy Saver 2.0 in your Control Panels folder, which results in an error message stating that it cannot be used on your computer.

    For an in-depth look at Energy Saver, the different versions, and which computers they are supported on, refer to the following Knowledge Base article:

    Article 18127: " Energy Saving Control Panels: Description & Compatibility "

    If you are currently running Mac OS 8 and would like to install the appropriate version of the Energy Saver control panel, here are two options:

    1. If you are using a Performa 5200, 5300, 6200, or 6300 series computer, you can copy the Energy Saver control panel from the Performa CD that came with your computer. The control panel is located in "Hard Disk Files:System software Files:Control Panels:Energy Saver". Copy that file to the Control Panel folder of your current System Folder.

    or

    2. Install Monitor Energy Saver 1.1 software (available from Apple Software Updates sites). This installer automatically installs Energy Saver 1.1 on NuBus-based Macintosh computers. ( Note: The software is titled "Monitor Energy Saver", but it indeed installs the Energy Saver control panel.

Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: General OS
Sub Category: General Topics
Keywords: kmos80, kmos81, ksts

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