on 1/9/05 8:24 PM, Greg & Rachel Olson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I jsut picked up a PowerCenter 150 for dirt cheap and it appears to >> have a 150 mhz G3 processor. This has been verified by "System >> Profiler" under OS 7.6 and 9.0, as well as by Sonnet's Metronome >> software. >> >> What gives? I never heard of a G3 running at only 150 mhz. Also it >> appears to be the stock processor -- no Sonnet, nor NewerTech logos. >> Does anybody know anything about this thing?! >> >> Yes, it works! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Richard > > Do you have a digital camera (take a photo of the processor and post > it somewhere to view or email it to me)? Did you remove the > processor card and check everywhere for numbers? Does it have DIP > switches or jumpers on it? It is entirely possible to be an > UNDERCLOCKED G3 upgrade that could more than likely run at a higher > speed. The slowest G3 speed I have seen in production terms was > 233Mhz. There could have been stability issued at higher speeds > caused commonly by poor DIMM ram, poor Cache speed. Or the original > owner had no idea how to set the speed correctly. As far as > overclocking, generally you can go 10% above safely. I have plenty > of Beige G3 in both 233 and 266 that I overclocked to 300. I just > eBayed a 450Mhz G3 for my B&W that I will set to 500Mhz. Powerlogix > was good at making 604e accelerators that overclocked easily by > adjusting both the bus speed and the processor multiplier. Of course > some processors (sonnet - no switches) are controlled only by > software and there are plenty of tools by Newer, Sonnet, Daystar and > 3rd party hacks to set the processor and cache speeds with software. > > Greg ************************* I once had a Power 180 that someone had inserted an APPLE G3 300MHz processor board. Could this be the case with it under clocked with software ?
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