G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread John Carmonne
Hi All I have a G4 MDD dual 1GB machine. I would like to install a G4 1.25 GHz board. I know there is one of these processor's that will boot OS9, I need that. Can someone tell me If I can do this? Also how do I identify the correct board? John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread JoeTaxpayer
Board, or just the processor? Where are you planning to get the board? The 1.25MDD you are trying to build is going for under $200 on eBay, why not get a full machine? -- 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

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: G4 processor upgrade Date:Dienstag 02 Februar 2010N From:John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Hi All I have a G4 MDD dual 1GB machine. I would like to install a G4 1.25 GHz board. I know there is one

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com
I have a question that I hope someone here can answer. Can a 1.42 GHz dual CPU module be transplanted to a FireWire 400 MDD motherboard while still allowing booting into Mac OS 9? Thanks! Dan Knight, LowEndMac.com On Feb 2, 12:23 pm, Mac User #330250 macuser330...@gmx.net wrote: The Dual-1 GHz

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread Jason Brown
Yes, it can. It is the Motherboard that limits the booting, particularly the firmware and drivers in the OS. The processors are still just 7544/7457 series processors. I have seen people do this before. Mine, I just took the dual 1.25 board and overclocked it to dual 1.5. :P On Feb 2, 2010, at

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread Jason Brown
Sigh, please forgive me, had a dyslexic moment. 7455/7457 series. lol On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Jason Brown wrote: Yes, it can. It is the Motherboard that limits the booting, particularly the firmware and drivers in the OS. The processors are still just 7544/7457 series processors. I have

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 2, 2010, at 9:08 AM, JoeTaxpayer wrote: Board, or just the processor? Where are you planning to get the board? The 1.25MDD you are trying to build is going for under $200 on eBay, why not get a full machine? The machine was free to me from one of my doctors so I have saddled it with

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread John Carmonne
Thanks now can you tell me how to over clock it when I get one? This will be my project for the month On Feb 2, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Jason Brown wrote: Sigh, please forgive me, had a dyslexic moment. 7455/7457 series. lol On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Jason Brown wrote: Yes, it can. It is the

Re: G4 processor upgrade

2010-02-02 Thread Jason Brown
There are several different processor board layouts for that machine. This does not count the single and dual processor cards. I have 2 totally different 1.25 GHz cards here. The way that I did it was searched on google for information on it. You are going to need to be really really good with