On Sep 6, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Dana Collins wrote:

>
> To clarify, this was the first experiment/attempt at booting Leopard
> and what I anticipated was an unsupported machine. Hence, i may have
> more success on my other upgraded G4s. This unit in question is a G4
> Yikes (PCI Graphics)

Bingo! I forgot the AGP (or better) requirement.

> being run by a Sonnet Encore ZIF G4/1GHz CPU w/
> 1Gig RAM. When I boot off of the Install DVD, I get nothing but a dark
> screen, which, if left alone, will eventually be ignored and the unit
> will boot into its normal OS Tiger operating system. I suspect that,
> for reasons other than the CPU concern, this machine may not be
> supported (for this reason, your comment "> If you have a processor
> card upgrade, greater than 800MHz, the hack
>> is not required" I found most interesting.
> My other machines are a Sawtooth with a G4/1GHz upgrade, and a DA with
> a G4 1.5GHz upgrade - I suspect these machines will be more successful
> and compatible with Leopard anyway.
> Thank you much,

I have run Leopard on my DA with both a 933MHz QS processor and an  
OWC dual 1.2GHz processor. It ran fine with the 933, but I am a big  
fan of dual processors. The upgraded video (a hacked 128MB Radeon  
9600 from a G5) card I am sure helped with all the eye candy.

Len


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