[G4] Swapin chips?

Vernon LeMoignan arrow at oanet.com
Wed Jun 25 15:51:06 PDT 2003


??  I don't think they ever made a 366mhz B&W

Vern.


On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 04:26  PM, Ryan Fleming wrote:

> Well I have a 300mghz G3 in the beige and I'm gonna put in a 366mghz 
> from a
> blue and white not mush difference but anything is better do I still 
> need to
> switch stuff? I've never done it before?
>
> On 6/25/03 6:23 PM, "Vernon LeMoignan" <arrow at oanet.com> wrote:
>
>> Ya I think so.
>>
>> the only thing you may have to change is the switch
>> settings on the motherboard which effect the processor multiplier.
>> This is because of different bus speeds. For example, If you put say a
>> 400Mhz G3 from a B&W without changing the switch settings on the
>> beige it would run at 265 Mhz. If you set the switches right you 
>> should
>> be able to get the full 400Mhz.
>>
>>
>> Both should be zif processors.
>>
>> If you look on sites like Other world computing, The upgrade cards for
>> the beige G3's and the B&W G3's are the same, which to me means there
>> interchangeable.
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 09:08  AM, Ryan Fleming wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have to update anything or change anything or is it just as
>>> easy as
>>> plugging it in?
>>>
>>> On 6/25/03 10:36 AM, "Vernon LeMoignan" <arrow at oanet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> yes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 08:33  AM, Ryan Fleming wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey can you take a processor from a blue and white G3 and stick it
>>>>> in a
>>>>> Beige G3? Just wondering?
>>>>>
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