[G4] Firmware and BootROM

[John Baltutis]

On 03/08/06, nagable at comcast.net wrote:
>
> I'm very impressed with the depth of knowledge going around this listserve.
>I respond only occasionally but I have great respect for the folks who know
>the answers to the questions that appear here.
>
> Here's my quandry:
>
> I'm ready to move to the Sonnet Dual G4 1.8GHz Processor upgrade.  I bought
>my wife a new G4 iBook (1.1 GHz) and it puts my Quicksilver 2000 (800 MHz) to
>shame.
>
> The info on Other World Computing website says that I need to boot into OS
>9.2 to do the firmware update.  My Quicksilver model will not boot into
>Classic.

Unless your machine is a "Power Mac G4 (FW 800)", which IIRC doesn't apply to
Quicksilvers, it'll boot into OS 9. No machine boots into Classic. See
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86209>.

> My System Profiler gives the BootROM info as version 4.3.3f2.  Isthis the
>same as the firmware number, or is it something different, and if it is
>different, how do I find out what firmware version is on my computer?

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117> has that
information-there is none for Quicksilvers.