running 9.2.2 with the Sonnet upgrade:
there are two programs on the install CD that come with the processor
upgrade. the instructions say to first update firmware, which you
don't need to do since you're already at 4.2.8.
then it says to run the program on the CD, under OS X, for OS X
running 9.2.2 with the Sonnet upgrade:
That all sounds quite similar to the extra steps for OS 9 that I read
about for the Newer Technology CPU upgrade. Evidently, the CPU
upgrade (not Newer Technology) I have ordered is as Plug-n-Play as
they come. I hope so, as this is the only part of
Thanks, Ken.
i inherited a sawtooth a few weeks ago, and decided to keep it and
upgrade it so i could run leopard and lightroom 2.
Being able to run Leopard would be a bonus. Ironically, an important
asset of more CPU firepower for me would be the ability to run some
*older* software (old
Don't you need the latest firmware to run OSX?
I though so...
On Jan 23, 6:15 pm, faithie999 faithie...@hotmail.com wrote:
. (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
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
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On Jan 23, 3:57 am, Sean Carroll cedarwaxw...@att.net 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
On 1/23/11 9:00 AM, dc wrote:
On Jan 23, 3:57 am, Sean Carrollcedarwaxw...@att.net 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
Personally I wouldn't think a processor upgrade, even a used one,
would be worth it if you are getting a new Mac soon.
Part of the return on the investment would be learning to perform a
processor upgrade by doing it. A CPU upgrade would seem to go hand in
hand with bringing the computer up to
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Sean Carroll cedarwaxw...@att.net wrote:
Personally I wouldn't think a processor upgrade, even a used one,
would be worth it if you are getting a new Mac soon.
Part of the return on the investment would be learning to perform a
processor upgrade by doing
Thank you, Adrian.
Be sure to max the RAM. You are
shopping the LEM swap list also I hope.
Yes, I just added *some* RAM as a start. Funny, and so typical of me,
is that there was a slight error in my calculations (though not a
Crucial - pun intended - one). I installed 1 GB RAM total, 2
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