Anything that is not from a Sawtooth or Gigabit Ethernet will not work without modification, this includes CPUs from the Digital Audio series, QuickSilvers and MDDs.
Chris P.S. Good luck if you decide to go for Dual processors, let us know how it goes! On 23 Aug 2009, at 19:32, Jasiu wrote: > > My 400 MHZ G4 scored a 7 on the Uni test so it should take DP. So > what is the max processor I can just drop in. Anything will work as > long as it's a Sawtooth or Gig series? MDD? > > On Aug 20, 5:14 pm, Len Gerstel <lgers...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:34 PM, d p wrote: >> >> >> >>> Alrigt. So I got a 450 AGP G4, >>> what proccessor can I "drop in" without any modifications? >> >> The only straight drop ins from Apple that will increase your speed >> are a single 500 from a Sawtooth or duals from the Gig ethernet >> series. In order to use them the duals, you need to have a Uni-N >> revision of 7 or higher. Here is a link to a download to test. >> >> http://newertech.com/tech_support/uni-north.php >> >> As to non Apple drop ins, most G4 accelerators will work. Most are >> either autosensing or have dip switches to work with the motherboard >> speed. The pins are the same from Sawtooth through Quicksilver, and >> most manufacturers built their upgrades to fit all of those. >> >> You can probably pick up a 900-1Ghz processor on the swap list for >> around $100. >> >> 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
