<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Oct 5, 2006, at 11:25 AM, Edward O'Neal wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">On Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:38:16 -0500, Nick Scalise <<A href="mailto:nickscalise@cox.net">nickscalise@cox.net</A>> wrote:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've installed it on a Blue&White with a G4 upgrade chip, a Pismo 500, a Dual</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2 Ghz G5 and Alum. 15" Powerbook with no apparent ill effects.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm interested in the G4 upgrade chip on your Blue&White.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I also have a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Blue&White that I'm not using right now.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'd like to hear about your</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">experience with your upgrade.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Brand?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Where'd you buy it?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Satisfied with</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">performance?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Issues? I'd love to use my old machine but sure would like to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">get a little more performance out of it and upgrade to 10.4.8.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It is a 500MHz G4 that I originally had bought for my Beige G3. I bought it from XLR8 (when they were around). With the Beige it needed a Control Panel for the motherboard to recognize the Cache, etc. It just plugs and plays with the B&W G3.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>No real issues, performance is what you would expect from a 500Mhz G4, not great, but very usable. I have a Gig of RAM stuffed in there, too.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However, I remember there being firmware that disabled upgrades, but that may have been on the early G4's. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>XLR8yourmac.com will have more details.</DIV><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Nick Scalise</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:nickscalise@cox.net">nickscalise@cox.net</A></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>