The utility UniNorthASICChecker will tell you if an AGP G4 has a new enough motherboard to take a dual processor. I'm pretty sure that anything newer than an AGP can take a dual or single CPU, as long as it's compatible with that machine. There is supposed to be a simple hack to allow a Quicksilver CPU to run on a Digital Audio G4 - it's a matter of getting voltage to a particular pin (or pins). I think it was discussed here in this group before in detail.
On Feb 20, 7:39 am, mythmaker18 <[email protected]> wrote: > G4 upgrades are NOT 100% universal, ESPECIALLY if you're talking about > pulling a stock Apple processor. > > Yes, single-processor Macs can be upgraded to be DP machines, > especially with the third-party cards out there from Sonnet, Other > World Computing and NewerTech. Unfortunately, I don't think MDD > processor cards will work in a QS (which is a shame, since MDD > processors seem to be a lot less expensive than QS cards of the same > speed). If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. > > Also, I don't think it's too likely that "Mystic" cards would work in > a Sawtooth, maybe due to the differing power supplies? > > On Feb 20, 6:41 am, Baha Ata <[email protected]> wrote: > > > skip G4 totally and go directly G5... if you have budget. > > if you do not have budget choose higher bus speed motherboard with double > > cpu support for G4 series. > > > 2009/2/20 lrbarrios <[email protected]> > > > > I don't know if my previous post is going to go through or not... it's > > > been at least 30 minutes and I still haven't seen it. If you get a > > > chance to read it, you'll get a better idea of why I'm asking this > > > question. > > > > In the PowerMac G4 line, Apple made both single and dual processor > > > version of some models. I've seen posts and etc. from others that > > > suggest that you can upgrade from one processor to two. I've seen one > > > case were someone went the other way. Is this true? Is it simply a > > > processor upgrade (adding a processor) or does the whole MB (or > > > processor card) need to be replaced? > > > > What's with these ZIF upgrades I see? What are they? > > > > If I purchase a single processor 733MHz MDD or QS, could I later > > > upgrade it to a dual and how? Can an MDD upgrade be applied to a QS > > > or vice versa? > > > > I know these probably seem like lame questions, but I'm really new to > > > the G4 scene -- only a few days. As I'm looking to purchase a G4 > > > soon, any comments would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Lonnie. > > > -- > > Baha Ata --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
