So what would I need to purchase to make my 533mhz a dual 800mhz or dual 1000mhz?
On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM, PeterH <peterh5...@rattlebrain.com> wrote: > > > On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: > > > A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or > > another Mac forum who said that you could put a dual 933mhz CPU board > > into a G4 Digital Audio. Anyone know anything about that? > > Apple made two fast dual processor boards which are usable on Digital > Audios: dual 800 MHz (QS 2001) and dual 1.0 GHz (QS 2002). Both of > these required a special power cable adapter. > > Apple also made a slow dual processor board for a Digital Audio: dual > 533 MHz (DA). This did not require any power adapter. > > I can see no way that a dual 533 could be run at 933. > > It is theoretically possible to "down-clock" an 1000 or overclock an > 800. > > However, although the dual 800 and the dual 1000 processors were made > using the very same "raw" board, there are major differences between > the dual 800 and the dual 1000. > > The components which are apparently missing on a dual 800 are present > on a dual 1000, and the components which are apparently missing on a > dual 1000 are present on a dual 800. > > In this way, Apple make it impossible to convert a dual 800 to a dual > 1000 (or any frequency above 800), or to convert a dual 1000 to a > dual 800 (or any frequency below 1000). > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
