[G4] G4 upgrades

[John Niven]

I think it's harder than that. First the physical configuration: I had to do a lot of mods to get a QS 733MHz cpu to work in a Sawtooth. Remove the DVD/zip ata connector for one, hack the heatsink in half for seconds. Then there is the bus speeds: I had to desolder and resolder the multiplier links so my cpu is now running at 800MHz on a 100MHz bus.

Even if you get a cheap barebones MDD, you will still want more drives, and more ram, and better video card and ....
I'm sure there are easier approaches. Have you considered a Mac mini? :-)

I'm all for keep old equipment going but unless it's a hobby be careful how you spend your cash...

John


--- On Tue, 5/13/08, ewood at izoom.net <ewood at izoom.net> wrote:

> From: ewood at izoom.net <ewood at izoom.net>
> Subject: Re: [G4] G4 upgrades
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 12:53 PM
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an old G4 Dual 450 which I have been trying to
> upgrade, but I'm
> > finding too expensive for my budget.
> >
> > I've been offered a used but fully functional
> Power Mac G4 (from a
> > Mirrored Drive Door) Dual 1.25GHz Processor Card
> >
> > Apple Reference: 661-2707
> >
> > What is the lowest spec machine I could get (off ebay
> etc) that this would
> > work with?
> 
> Heck, that might well work with your current G4 system,
> though I'm not
> sure about firmware requirements. Might need some kind of
> update, perhaps
> from a third party such as OWC, though I think that would
> be mainly for
> the L3 cache. The model of G4 is very likely compatible,
> based on what
> I've seen.
> 
> Eric W.
> 
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