Yes, it'll work nicely. We did this with my little brother's 350Mhz
Blueberry, because we didn't update the firmware before installing
OSX. It also allows for a DVD drive upgrade, since it has the DVD
encoders that the 350Mhz boards lack.
1. Quite easy. Just open it up, and take out the logic board. It's
pretty self-apperent.
2. Nope. The heat put off by 400Mhz vs. 350Mhz is... still not much.
3. Probably not much... If the logic board is bad, it probably just
won't boot. I don't see how it could damage other components... It's
perhaps conceivable, but not probable.
I wish I could find where my school discards old Mac stuff.....
-Elliott Price
Quoit - Macintosh Computer Services
hobbittech.com/quoit
On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Christian Wacker wrote:
My school almost threw out a good logic board for a G3 iMac (400mhz
with firewire) and I'm curious if it'll work to upgrade my 350mhz
FireWire-less iMac slotload.
What i'm wondering is: 1: How easy is it to replace it?
2: should I be worried about heat issues?
3: what kind of damage could this board do to my good imac base if
it's gone bad since it was last used (The CRT went out on the donor
system, and the board was removed, and placed in storage for parts,
but was almost thrown out during spring cleaning.)?
Thanks
-Christian
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