> Is there ANY way to bump a motherboard bus speed besides just using > jumpers on a pci card? I know they used to say that the motherboards > wouldn't handle it, but I'm willing to take a soldering iron in hand and > find out. Any new info on this? I'm ready to play with a 9600 > motherboard..... >
Hi, you can change the bus system crystal with a more powerful one. The best is to first replace the the soldered crystal with a crystal connector. It's a security so that you can come back to the initial value in case of failure. Then, try several faster crystals. You can find all this on the Output Enablers site. But check that they will work with a 9600 (I did that with a 6400 that allowed 45 MHz bus speed an a extension overclocked Sonnet G3/300 running at 360 MHz with no problems). Another thing to consider is to set the processor multiplier higher. This is done by soldering - desoldering a few resistors. See Ed Nye site for more details. Thierry -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
