[G4] Old mini or other machine for cheap/free?

[Amir 'CG' Caspi]

Hi John,

 	Hmm, that might be a good point.  I bought this particular machine 
2nd-hand so I wasn't aware of a firmware upgrade that was necessary for 
the CPU upgrade.  I did indeed reset PRAM but I did that only after things 
wouldn't boot properly... but that's a good point.
 	I will try to dig up the firmware CD if I even have it.  But, how 
will I be able to boot into the CD to install the new firmware?!  Wouldn't 
this have to be done using the old CPU, which I don't have?
 	I'm not sure it's the mobo itself, it might be the CPU upgrade 
which died... hard to check and I'm not sure it's worth the effort to try 
and replace it.

 	I'll see if I can find and re-install the firmware for the CPU 
upgrade.

Thanks!
 						-- Amir

On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, John Smutko wrote:

>
> On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Amir 'CG' Caspi wrote:
>
> Hey Amir
>
> Dumb question, is it possible you inadvertently destroyed the firmware 
> upgrade by pressing either the reset switch or resetting PRAM?  I'm 
> betting in the course of troubleshooting you did this.  You'll have to 
> boot from the Firmware Update CD that came with your Processor to make 
> this work.  Apologies if you've already tried this.  If it is the mobo, 
> my G4 Sawtooth is actually on it's second motherboard, purchased off 
> eBay for ~$20.  It was a bit of an adventure to pull the old one and put 
> in the new, but if I can fumble my way through it, anyone can...
>
> -John