On Dec 6, 2008, at 8:12 PM, jonas ulrich wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Len Gerstel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Dec 6, 2008, at 7:52 PM, jonas ulrich wrote: > > > I just got a Digital Audio single 533MHZ powermac for $25 on > > craigslist. I know that Apple made a dual processor version of this > > same powermac. Can i put dual 533MHZ processors in it? > > -Jonas > > With a very easy mod you can > also put a processor from a Quick Silver into your DA. > > I have used single processors from QS's into DAs with no problem. > Meanwhile, I have had no luck with trying to get dual 1GHz processors > working in my DA, but others on the list have had no problems. > > > How do you get the quicksilvers processors to work? Will and MDD > processor work? > -Jonas All you need to do is bring a 12v lead from an unused HD connector to the 4th mounting point on the QS processor card. Here is a site that talks about it. You can ignore all the scary stuff about case modding and removing an IDE connector, that only applies to sawtooth and gigabit ethernet models. What you want is about 1/2 way down the page labeled: 12 Volt Power Connector for 4th Mount Point Here is the page: http://homepage.mac.com/josephk/G4_mod.html Sorry, MDD processors are a completely different beast and will not work in other models. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
