weird name "operator headgap", their website is still up, no idea if they have the item any more. look in the used pulls. it was cheaper than an aftermarket upgrade. maybe $45-$60? i considered it once. price was cheap. they guaranteed it and had replacement units in case it failed... you could probably get another one.
makes me think you might be able to OC your own CPU. may involve surface-mount semiconductor soldering. smaller than a grain or rice. maddeningly difficult, but i might try conductive glue... without expecting a miracle. the manual pages may be out there. EVERYTHING has been tried. unless there's jumpers, in which case your home free. i cant remember, and wont look it up. i retired from buliding out frankenmacs... it was a fun ride, but the intel move ended my fun. however, rather than this idea, a new 1GHz or more makes more sense. at this point OS 10.5 is probably optimized for faster CPU's than that and even of you decide to mod the OS or installer to run at a clock speed south of 867MHz,on a FrankenMac sawtooth.... i would not expect performance to be worth all the effort. id be wanting 1.2GHz or so. look for a used one on ebay. keep looking. bargains are out there . On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM, dadadata <dadad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Sawtooth 450mhz with AGP video. > > Is there any CPU drop-in that will take it to around 600-650mhz? > > I can do, but don't want to do, the extra wiring tweaks involved in > retrofitting a G4 Digital Audio CPU. > > And I realize there's a 1.xx gig upgrade available; I don't need that > extra speed for this machine, which is not my main desktop. > > All hints Appreciated Much. -- COD > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
