Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-22 Thread PeterH
On Jun 22, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Ralph Green wrote: I tried a QS processor in an earlier G4 chassis today. It did not work, and I am wondering what to try next. The G4 was an older model than I expected. It is a Sawtooth model. There are two basic later G4 processor types: 133 MHz bus and

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-22 Thread tortoise
On Jun 22, 12:03 am, Ralph Green sfrea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Howdy, [snip]  Or, it could be that this hack does not work on the Sawtooth.  Any thoughts? We've been through this argument before. There was a guy selling modified board from 133mhz bus to work on 100mhz, listed a bunch on ebay

Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread Matthew Burks
A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or another Mac forum who said that you could put a dual 933mhz CPU board into a G4 Digital Audio. Anyone know anything about that? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread PeterH
On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or another Mac forum who said that you could put a dual 933mhz CPU board into a G4 Digital Audio. Anyone know anything about that? Apple made two fast dual processor boards

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread Jonas Ulrich
I've heard of people, and know some people who run quicksilver dual processors in digital audio powermacs. -Jonas On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM, PeterHpeterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread Matthew Burks
So what would I need to purchase to make my 533mhz a dual 800mhz or dual 1000mhz? On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:03 PM, PeterH peterh5...@rattlebrain.com wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or another Mac

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread PeterH
On Jun 20, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: I've heard of people, and know some people who run quicksilver dual processors in digital audio powermacs. Easy as pie, provided you make your own +12 volt power adapter cable. A QS 2001 dual 800 MHz processor will run at 800 MHz on a Digital

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread PeterH
On Jun 20, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: So what would I need to purchase to make my 533mhz a dual 800mhz or dual 1000mhz? You would need, at a very minimum: 1) a dual 800 or dual 1000 processor, 2) a matching heatsink, 3) a Quicksilver-type fan unit (the DA-type fan unit is

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread PeterH
On Jun 20, 2009, at 4:17 PM, insightinmind wrote: In researching my new DA, I ran across this LEM article that talks a little about a Dual 533 being incorrectly reported as a Dual 933: http://lowendmac.com/ppc/digital-audio-power-mac-g4.html To quote: At least one version of OS X reports

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jun 20, 2009, at 7:03 PM, PeterH wrote: On Jun 20, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Matthew Burks wrote: A couple of years back I was in contact with a guy on this forum or another Mac forum who said that you could put a dual 933mhz CPU board into a G4 Digital Audio. Anyone know anything about that?

Re: Dual upgrade for Digital Audio

2009-06-20 Thread PeterH
On Jun 20, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Len Gerstel wrote: Powerlogix made a dual 933 back in 2003 and probably into 2004. FWIW, I have a Powerlogix dual 1.2GHz in my DA (originally a 533) running Leopard. Sounds right. Right now, Freescale is making 1.4 MHz and slower G4s, and that's about all.