i inherited a sawtooth a few weeks ago, and decided to keep it and upgrade it so i could run leopard and lightroom 2.
i bought a 1.6 ghz processor upgrade (Sonnet) from OWC (the link is on one of the low end mac Powermac upgrade pages). it took about 5 minutes to install--run the firmware mod utility that came with the new processor, remove the old processor, drop in the new one, and off to the races. (in order to run the firmware updater to prepare for the new processor, the mac firmware needs to be at 4.2.8. if you need to upgrade the firmware, it's still available on apple's download site. however, the updater app only runs in OS9. took me a couple of days to locate OS9 install disk and get it booted, and then to get the firmware updated.) then i erased the HD and did a clean install of leopard. it runs great. if you can spring for the processor i'd highly recommend it. ken On Jan 23, 9:00 am, dc <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 23, 3:57 am, Sean Carroll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Current system: Power Mac G4 AGP 450 MHz, 1.25 GB RAM, 160 GB & 40 GB > > hard drives (PATA), Gigabit Ethernet PCI Card, Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 > > and Mac OS 9.2.2 > > > I've found a great deal of useful information about Power Mac G4 AGP > > CPU upgrades through Low End Mac and scouring the archives here. > > Personally I wouldn't think a processor upgrade, even a used one, > would be worth it if you are getting a new Mac soon. Max out the RAM > to 1.5 GB, that should only cost $20 or so. You can also run a > freeware utility called Monolingual which will strip out the Intel and > G5 architectures from your OS, along with the languages you don't > need. It will save around a gig of disk space and let Tiger run much > more efficiently. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
