do you have to have some sorta rom patch?? to allow the B&W G3 to run one of these drop in cpu's? I have this B&W and a Beige g3 that need that extra little pick me up and was thinking of a cpu upgrade, if inexpensive enough and compatible..
thanks Gus On Dec 15, 8:20 pm, dc <dbc...@verizon.net> wrote: > On Dec 15, 12:51 pm, Bruce Godfrey <bro...@verizon.net> wrote:> So, what is > the fastest G4 zif upgrade that was made which could be used in a B&W G3? > Seems like a 1GHz G4 zif would be the ultimate solution. I recently saw a > dual 400-500MHz G4 zif go for about $170 on E-Bay. Was a dumb not to bid on > it? > > Not necessarily the fastest but one of the most available and reliable > upgrades is a Sonnet 500 MHz G4 ZIF. I've found them for under $50 > used, I have them in a beige G3, B & W G3 and a Yikes G4. They run > 10.4.11 very well, especially when the RAM is maxed out. I also have a > Yikes with an OWC 533 MHz G4 that's been running daily for more than 5 > years, but those are just about impossible to find today. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
