Why did the bus Speed have to be reduced? I thought the yikes had a 100 mhz bus speed???
This is disconcerting. On May 22, 12:15 pm, Peter Haas <peterh...@cruzio.com> wrote: > On May 22, 2010, at 9:23 AM, John Ruschmeyer wrote: > > > The patch from any Vendor should work... Personally I prefer the > > NewerTech > > one (found it off a link from OWC's support page) which worked well > > for me > > when I did the same upgrade. > > I also used the patch from OWC in order to transplant Yikes! G4 > processors to two of my B&W G3s. The Yikes! processors came from LEM. > > No loss of speed (reduction in bus speed from 100 MHz to 66 MHz) when > using Yikes! processors. > > The same patch is necessary no matter which ZIF is used (Apple or > third-party), as this patch removes a "block" which prevents the B&W > ROM from supporting a G4 (any G4). > > Alas, although by two B&Ws now were effectively G4s, and could use > the then-new (to me) applications which required a G4, the G4-ed B&Ws > proved to be too slow for my needs, and I almost immediately > thereafter went to Digital Audio G4s, which I obtained as surplus > property from one of our nation's National Labs. > > -- > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette > guide is athttp://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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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
