Daniel Jackson writes: <Well, I have used a sonnet G4 500 in one of these machines, it worked wounderfully. I've seen sonnets that go up to as much as 1Ghz, but I've never used one that fast.>
And Bruce Johnson writes: <Sonnet has CPU upgrades up to 800-1000 Mhz for these systems I think. Waste of money, IMO, but they have them.> OK, I'm not spending any money for this -- the reason for the upgrade, other than "yeah, this would be nice," is specifically the fact that it WON'T cost me any money to make these improvements. My boyfriend recently got access to discarded Macs he can dissect, and he offered to pull stuff out of them to put in my G3 (another RAM increase is also on the agenda, but we've done RAM before and only had Q's on the processor and USB card issues) -- if only he can figure out what to pull that will both work and not destroy my G3. This being the case, with neither of us having seen a Sonnet before (at least I've HEARD OF them from this list) -- in the event that one of these dissected Macs has one, how would someone recognize it? Next.... Daniel, on will a processor pulled from a B&W work in a Beige: <Possibly, but it's hit or miss. I'd advise against it because you could do damage to the beige or the cpu or both.> Bruce, on the same subject: <absolutely. Because of differences in the bus speed and CPU multiplier, it will run at a different speed than in the B&W, but that's it. You'll need to set the jumpers appropriately (see the OWC link below) and press the cuda switch before starting back up.> Sounds like conflicting information here.....maybe I should err on the side of caution and tell my boyfriend that the processor has to come from a Beige, huh? However.....since Bruce is such a guru here, :-) Bruce, what's the difference between the bus speed and CPU multiplier of the Beige and the B&W? And, by "it will run at a different speed [in the Beige] than in the B&W," would that be slower or faster? This would be for installation only, no overclocking. Daniel: <I've never seen markings on OEM apple CPUs that told me anything, but I may not be reading it right. Anyone know defenitavely?> Bruce, O Guru, can you answer this one? I get the feeling that the majority of the discarded Macs my boyfriend is dissecting more likely have "stock equipment" inside them. Daniel again: <I've never had a heat problem with my upgrades. If you overclocked you might have to go with a fan, but the stock parts don't need it and the upgrades will come with it if they do.> Thank you. No overclocking is in the works; I plan to use the processor "as is." We just wanted to know if a "regular" processor (i.e., not overclocked) that's just faster than the 266 MHz in there now would heat things up too much. Bruce, on the USB card: <Yes. You may have to do a custom install from your 9.2.2 disk to get the USB drivers, or just re-apply the 9.2.2 combo updater. (USB and Firewire drivers are present in OS 9, but they're not installed if no USB or Firewire hardware is detected at system installation time.)> Right, OK. I originally had 9.1 on this system (and have an install CD for it). I kicked it up to 9.2.2 via the free Apple updates (went to 9.2.1 first, then 9.2.2), which I still have, both on my hard drive, and backed up to a CD. So all I need to do here is "reinstall" 9.2.2 once the USB card is installed and then my Beige will recognize it? Thank you guys once again. ~Yersinia. ________ "...got lactobacillus...?" -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
