TITLE
    Apple System Profiler: Power Macintosh 6500 Cache Size
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		24685
10/22/98
2/4/99
TOPIC

    We have a Power Macintosh 6500 that shipped with a 512K L2 cache DIMM. We are using Apple System Profiler version 2.1.1 included with Mac OS 8.5 to confirm that we actually have 512K L2 cache. Unfortunately, Apple System Profiler reports that I have "External L2 cache: 256K". I have downloaded version 2.1.2 from Apple's Software Updates web site and this issue still occurs.

    - Is Apple aware of this issue?
    - How can I check to see if my computer actually has 512K of L2 cache?

DISCUSSION

    Yes, Apple is aware and is investigating why Apple System Profiler reports this information incorrectly on Power Macintosh 6500 computers. Power Macintosh 6500 computers shipped with either 256K or 512K of L2 cache from Apple depending on what configuration was purchased.

    Note: The issue is also known to affect Power Macintosh 5400, 5500, 6400 and 4400 computers.

    Some third party profile utilities report this information correctly. For example, Newer Technologies' Cache22 reports this information correctly. For more information about Cache22, visit Newer's World Wide Web site.

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    Tech Info Library Article 17159: " Locating Vendor Information "

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: General Apple Software Topics
Sub Category: General Topics

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