The upgrade went very well. My machine came with Leopard on
it,Leopard 10.5.7. I'm not sure how the original owner got that on.
Eventually I may install 10.5.8 but only after I get a Leopard dvd
and after some of the bugs have been ironed out of 10.5.8.
I do know my quicksilver
On Monday, 3rd of August 2009, ll wrote:
I have a Powermac Quick Silver 733 with a 30 gig hard drive and
1.3 gig ram. I just purchased a 933 processor for this on ebay for
$40.
How did the upgrade go?
BTW, I also have/had a QuickSilver 733 MHz, the 2001 model. I got it as a
gift. I
On Tuesday, 4th of August 2009, Liam Proven wrote:
2009/8/4 mlitwin3797 mlitwin3...@att.net:
This processor had three pieces to it,a vent looking thing,a
processor board and one other.The ad said the Hs was included,whatever
that is.
H/S or HSF means heatsink and fan.
On Aug 5, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
As for the thermal compound: I use Arctic Silver III and its quite
good,
kept my CPUs in my MDD Dual-1GHz even cooler than the original
compound from
Apple. On the other hand the original compound was a few years old
already,
and
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
The three peaces for the QuickSilver should be:
* the processor daughter card (riser card, processor module)
* the cooling fan and
* the heatsink.
For the cooling fan you should be able to use the one that is still
in your
.
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Subject: Re: help in upgrading powermac quick silver 733
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
The three peaces for the QuickSilver should
Thanks for the article. The metal thing with ridges I received is
definitely a heat sink.
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Subject: Re: help in upgrading powermac quick silver
On Aug 3, 4:42 pm, ll mlitwin3...@att.net wrote:
I would like to get at least a 60 hd or 80 if the machine will
take it and costs will allow.I understand I will have to purchase the
os before I finish the upgrade.It will take a while to get this for a
reasonable price.I have leopard 10.7
of paying too much for a program. I even just
preordered Windows 7 for half price for my other omputer.
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Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: help in upgrading powermac quick silver
2009/8/4 mlitwin3797 mlitwin3...@att.net:
This processor had three pieces to it,a vent looking thing,a processor
board and one other.The ad said the Hs was included,whatever that is.
H/S or HSF means heatsink and fan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_sink
It's probably the vent-looking
I have a Powermac Quick Silver 733 with a 30 gig hard drive and
1.3 gig ram. I just purchased a 933 processor for this on ebay for
$40. I want to replace the hard drive but am having problems finding
one on the internet.I have been using hard drive for quick silver with
no luck.
I would
Hello and welcome to this group!
You can replace the processor independently from whatever you wish to do with
the hard drive. If you have Mac OS X installed already, just replace the
processor first and see what you get.
Get a fresh thermal compound so the processor won't overheat.
2009/8/3 ll mlitwin3...@att.net:
I have a Powermac Quick Silver 733 with a 30 gig hard drive and
1.3 gig ram. I just purchased a 933 processor for this on ebay for
$40. I want to replace the hard drive but am having problems finding
one on the internet.I have been using hard drive for
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