I have a Power Pc G4 400mb processor, 80gb harddrive, 1gb memory. On Oct 8, 12:06 pm, "Tina K." <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010/10/08 10:09, stevo137 wrote: > > > I have a G4 Power PC and I am wondering if you can over clock it and > > how safe is it? > > That depends. If you are thinking of adjusting voltage and clock timings > in 'BIOS' the answer is no. Certain models used resisters on the logic > board to set CPU speed, bus speed, etc… But those are older models and > it's not as easy as overclocking in the Windows world. > > And then there were some CPU upgrades available for some Mac models that > would increase the CPU clock speed, but you were still stuck with a > fairly slow bus speed. > > There have been some successful board transplants, such as a 1.25 GHz > board into a 1 GHz Power Mac, or a 1.25 GHz board into a 700/800 MHz iMac. > > Your options depend entirely on what MODEL of Mac you have and WHICH G4 > Power PC is in it. The list can be of more help if you are more specific > in your request. > > Tina > > -- > > iMac 20" USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR > Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB > PowerBook G4 15" Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR
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