If you put a G4 ZIF, something like a Sonnet 500 MHz G4, and a PCI hard drive controller card, either SCSI or ATA, into your B&W it would essentailly become a Sawtooth and you wouldn't have to hassle with changing the mobo, back panel, etc. But for the money you'd spend on the G4 ZIF you could pick up a G4 from Craigslist or some other local seller.
On Dec 22, 6:20 pm, "John Ruschmeyer" <[email protected]> wrote: > A question for the hardware experts. > > I have a rev.1 B&W G3 which I am happy with, but would really like to move > to a G4, preferably something later than a Yikes. > > I was thinking that it might be cheaper (at least on shipping) if I could > somehow swap an AGP motherboard into the B&W case and use the existing > drives, PS, etc. Based on my reading of the web, it seems like I might be > able to get away with swapping in a Sawtooth motherboard, provided I also > swap the back panel. > > Will this work (Sawtooth in a B&W case/PS)? And, if so, have any of you done > it already? > > Thanks. > > John Ruschmeyer --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
