"How to edit and store the NVRAMRC for 133MHz bus

(1) Boot by holding down "Cmd" + "Opt" + "O" + "F" keys to enter the
OpenFirmware terminal.


(2) Enter the NVRAMRC editor. (<return> shows you should type "return" key)

nvedit <return>


(3) Type following script exactly (including spaces).



" /" select-dev <return>

7efdc44 " clock-frequency" get-my-property 2drop ! <return>

" /cpus/PowerPC,g...@0" select-dev <return>

1fca0554 " clock-frequency" get-my-property 2drop ! <return>

7efdc44 " bus-frequency" get-my-property 2drop ! <return>

1fbf711 " timebase-frequency" get-my-property 2drop !



(4) Type "Cntl" + "C" to exit NVRAMRC editor.


(5) Save the script

nvstore <return>


(6) To enable the NVRAMRC, type this command.

setenv use-nvramrc? true <return>


(7) Reboot with new timebase constant.

reset-all <return>


use this command to successfully overclock any G-powered PowerPC processor
to 533Mhz without soldering. This only works on sub-533Mhz processors. As
for PowerPC G3, use PowerPC,7...@0 instead of PowerPC,g...@0.
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