Re: Processor upgrade question, follow-up: LARGEST

On Aug 14, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Milton King > wrote: Thank You. I probably asked the wrong question an I was thinking largest single processor on a 100 bus. This old G4 will not do much past email and a few web sites. As you know, all of the browsers

Re: Processor upgrade question

On 2017-08-14 19:06, Milton King wrote: Thank You. I probably asked the wrong question an I was thinking largest single processor on a 100 bus. This old G4 will not do much past email and a few web sites. As you know, all of the browsers are not supported. My last hopeful was Roccat and

Re: Processor upgrade question, follow-up: LARGEST

On 2017-08-14 18:25, Mac User #330250 wrote: On 2017-08-14 16:51, Milt King wrote: I have a 350 mhz Mac G4. What is the largest processor that I can place on this ^^ motherboard. This is just a project that I am interested in. Oh... "largest"... Answering for an "AGP Graphics" Power

Re: Processor upgrade question

On 2017-08-14 16:51, Milt King wrote: I have a 350 mhz Mac G4. What is the largest processor that I can place on this motherboard. This is just a project that I am interested in. Milt King Oh may, this is going to be expensive! From the top of my head, the answer is: A Dual-1.8 GHz G4, but

Processor upgrade question

I have a 350 mhz Mac G4. What is the largest processor that I can place on this motherboard. This is just a project that I am interested in. Milt King -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: Upgrade question

On Dec 6, 2011, at 6:48 AM, Martin N wrote: Lo, At 14:17 02/12/2011, you wrote: On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Regarding the pumps, I think the Delphi was single pump, while the Panasonic dual pump (and this regardless of G5 model; I mean, AFAIK there was no

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 14:17 02/12/2011, you wrote: On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Regarding the pumps, I think the Delphi was single pump, while the Panasonic dual pump (and this regardless of G5 model; I mean, AFAIK there was no direct correlation between G5 model and brand of

Re: Upgrade question

Martin N Running MorphOS v2.6 (Nov 2010) on Mac Mini, Moderator of MiniDisc,amithlonopen,bwfc Yahoogroups @Martin N, Are you thinking of getting a G5 PowerMac because of the possibility that it will be able to run MorphOS in the future? I know that was one of the main reasons for me

Re: Upgrade question

On Dec 2, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Martin N wrote: Lo, At 04:49 02/12/2011, you wrote: Il giorno 1-12-2011 23:19, Martin N ha scritto: Thanks for the archive information, it looks like i will have to ask a seller on ebay to take a photo of the inside to determine if it is the more

Re: Upgrade question

All you need to do is slip off the G5 processor cover and if you see copper tubing it's a Panasonic. If I remember correctly, the copper tubing on the Panasonic Liquid Cooling Systems is painted, or anodized a silver color, so don't get confused that it isn't copper colored. The other

Re: Upgrade question

On Dec 3, 2011, at 10:29 AM, David W. Morris wrote: All you need to do is slip off the G5 processor cover and if you see copper tubing it's a Panasonic. If I remember correctly, the copper tubing on the Panasonic Liquid Cooling Systems is painted, or anodized a silver color, so don't

Re: Upgrade question

On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Regarding the pumps, I think the Delphi was single pump, while the Panasonic dual pump (and this regardless of G5 model; I mean, AFAIK there was no direct correlation between G5 model and brand of LCS). But John Carmonne knows much more

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 04:49 02/12/2011, you wrote: Il giorno 1-12-2011 23:19, Martin N ha scritto: Thanks for the archive information, it looks like i will have to ask a seller on ebay to take a photo of the inside to determine if it is the more reliable Panasonic. He will have to do some disassembly, I

Re: Upgrade question

On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Martin N wrote: Lo, At 02:15 30/11/2011, you wrote: In a message dated 11/29/11 7:21:07 PM, marti...@bluebottle.com writes: Do you know how reliable the water cooled g5s are? I seem to remember it being mentioned that the cooling system was not very well

Re: Upgrade question

Il giorno 30-11-2011 0:57, Martin N ha scritto: Do you know how reliable the water cooled g5s are? I seem to remember it being mentioned that the cooling system was not very well built. As stated before, looking on Google or this List archives will get you plenty of info. I got a G5 2.7 DP

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 00:09 01/12/2011, you wrote: Il giorno 30-11-2011 0:57, Martin N ha scritto: snip Below is part of the msgs I got when talking about this: Apple had two different LCS's in the G5 PM 2.7 the Delphi (single pump) it was pretty sure to leak and need to be rebuilt the other LCS was

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 20:58 30/11/2011, you wrote: On Nov 30, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Martin N wrote: Lo, At 02:15 30/11/2011, you wrote: snip This was recently addressed here by someone who has rebuilt leaky cooling units. IIRC there were two venders (Adelphi for early units Panasonic for later

Re: Upgrade question

Il giorno 1-12-2011 23:19, Martin N ha scritto: Thanks for the archive information, it looks like i will have to ask a seller on ebay to take a photo of the inside to determine if it is the more reliable Panasonic. He will have to do some disassembly, I think, to get to the cooling unit. On

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 02:15 30/11/2011, you wrote: In a message dated 11/29/11 7:21:07 PM, marti...@bluebottle.com writes: snip Skyler, My opinion is that you go to a G5. I have a gig-e DP450 a DA with Sonnet 1.4 GHZ upgrade. Both cost me about $200 (the DA came Dec 2010). XBench scores for the DA is

Re: Upgrade question

Lo, At 21:53 28/11/2011, you wrote: In a message dated 11/28/11 5:52:36 AM, skyler.r...@gmail.com writes: OK. Sorry I didn't mention that it's a 933 MHz chip. The chip is sold as an *Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor. What I really need to know is if it will work with my 2002

Re: Upgrade question

In a message dated 11/29/11 7:21:07 PM, marti...@bluebottle.com writes: snip Skyler, My opinion is that you go to a G5. I have a gig-e DP450 a DA with Sonnet 1.4 GHZ upgrade. Both cost me about $200 (the DA came Dec 2010). XBench scores for the DA is in the range of 50-55. I just

Re: Upgrade question

OK. Sorry I didn't mention that it's a 933 MHz chip. The chip is sold as an *Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor. What I really need to know is if it will work with my 2002 Quicksilver. Sorry for the confusion. On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:33 PM, JohnCarmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Nov 27,

Re: Upgrade question

The Apple 1.25GHz Dual G4 Processor will only work in the Mirror Drive Door PowerMac models, not your Quicksilver. You should look for a Sonnet 1.8GHz upgrade, or there was a company that made a 2.0GHz upgrade for the Quicksilver, but they are extremely hard to find. On Nov 27, 2011, at

Re: Upgrade question

In a message dated 11/28/11 5:52:36 AM, skyler.r...@gmail.com writes: OK. Sorry I didn't mention that it's a 933 MHz chip. The chip is sold as an  *Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor.  What I really need to know is if it will work with my 2002 Quicksilver. Sorry for the confusion. On

Upgrade question

I have a 2002 Quicksilver that I would like to upgrade so I can use Photoshop CS4. I have found an *Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor, but I can't seem to find out if it will do the job. Any help would be greatly appreciated.* -- Later, Skyler Ah but I was so much older then, I'm younger than

Re: Upgrade question

Il giorno 28-11-2011 4:14, Skyler Rudd ha scritto: I have a 2002 Quicksilver that I would like to upgrade so I can use Photoshop CS4. I have found an *Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor, but I can't seem to find out if it will do the job. Aside from Fabian Fang answer... you didn't mention

Re: Upgrade question

On Nov 27, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Fabian Fang wrote: On Nov 27, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Skyler Rudd wrote: I have a 2002 Quicksilver that I would like to upgrade so I can use Photoshop CS4. I have found an Apple MPU 1.25 GHz Dual Processor, but I can't seem to find out if it will do the job. Any

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

Monolingual is awesome -- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Fwd: Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: Sawtooth to Sabretooth: The CPU upgrade question

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

Re: PowerMacG5 Upgrade Question

Thanks to everyone for responding, much appreciated. It looks like my best option at this point with the limited funding I have is to trade in my old G5 and spend a couple of bucks on a new tower. Not ideal, but will definitely help. I sent a few email feelers to a couple of sites to see what kind

PowerMacG5 Upgrade Question

Greetings, I did do a search for some earlier posts on this but didn't really come across anything specifically that answered my question so I'm hoping to find help here. I've got a Power Mac G5, (Single) 1.8 Ghz, 1.5 Gigs of DDR SDRAM. It's the Power PC 970 2.2 I love this machine and it's

Re: PowerMacG5 Upgrade Question

On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, aspirito wrote: I love this machine and it's been good to me and I'm wondering what (if any) would be the best way to just give it a bit more oomph as I do video editing for a living and am about to upgrade everything to HD. Works rather well and quickly with the

Re: PowerMacG5 Upgrade Question

On 2011/01/11 14:24, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, aspirito wrote: I love this machine and it's been good to me and I'm wondering what (if any) would be the best way to just give it a bit more oomph as I do video editing for a living and am about to upgrade

Re: PowerMacG5 Upgrade Question

I asked some questions like this last year On 2011/01/11 14:24, Bruce Johnson so eloquently wrote: On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:00 PM, aspirito wrote: I love this machine and it's been good to me and I'm wondering what (if any) would be the best way to just give it a bit more oomph as I do

Re: OS X upgrade question

On Jun 18, 8:20 pm, Daniel Stewart daniel.stewart...@gmail.com wrote: I should probably mention that it says on the Software Restore disks that it is compatible with OS 10.1.2 and OS 9.22.  Should that give me problems with 104.11? It won't give any problems. You install 10.4, work up to

OS X upgrade question

This may fit under the heading of stupid newbie questions so please be patient with me. My Mac may be 8 years old, but I am really new to the platform. I have a G4 933 mhz Quicksilver. When I bought it had a clean install of OSX 10.5 on it, but no 10.5 disk was included with it. Anyway. The

Re: OS X upgrade question

On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Scotty wrote: This may fit under the heading of stupid newbie questions so please be patient with me. My Mac may be 8 years old, but I am really new to the platform. I have a G4 933 mhz Quicksilver. When I bought it had a clean install of OSX 10.5 on it, but no

Re: OS X upgrade question

I should probably mention that it says on the Software Restore disks that it is compatible with OS 10.1.2 and OS 9.22. Should that give me problems with 104.11? On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:59 PM, JOHN CARMONNE carmo...@aol.com wrote: On Jun 18, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Scotty wrote: This may fit

Re: OS X upgrade question

On Jun 18, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Daniel Stewart wrote: I should probably mention that it says on the Software Restore disks that it is compatible with OS 10.1.2 and OS 9.22. Should that give me problems with 104.11? Just do straight 10.4 and the the updates to 10.4.11. you can skip all the

Upgrade question for my Dual 533 G4

Hi everyone, I'd like to upgrade by adding Tiger (replacing Panther) CS 2. (replacing photoshop 6) I want to run an updated browser web design software compatible w/ tiger. I know little about computers except creating art in Photoshop,so would appreciate any suggestions. I'm considering a

Re: Upgrade question for my Dual 533 G4

On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Mark mjsteph...@everestkc.net wrote: I'd like to upgrade by adding Tiger (replacing Panther) CS 2. Go right ahead...your system will run Tiger just fine! -- Bruce -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3,

Re: Upgrade question for my Dual 533 G4

At 11:58 AM -0700 1/23/10, Kasey Smith wrote: On Jan 23, 2010, at 9:54 AM, Mark wrote: Hi everyone, I'd like to upgrade by adding Tiger (replacing Panther) CS 2. (replacing photoshop 6) I want to run an updated browser web design software compatible w/ tiger. I know little about computers

Re: Upgrade Question

On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I

Re: Upgrade Question

On Apr 2, 7:04 pm, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: As a media student and semi pro I recommend the G5.  As much of one as you can afford. The upgrades are nice  and may work but the G5 has a better upgrade future. I agree on getting a better machine. Hard to justify

Re: Upgrade Question

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Doug Burton slu...@embarqmail.com wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my

Re: Upgrade Question

Thanks for the link, I've been looking for a hackintosh community, since I've just set up my Toshiba A205-S5803 to be a hackintoshi. Right now I'm running 10.5.6 :) On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio fluxstrin...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Doug

Upgrade Question

I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I get a used G5 machine. Thanks Sincerely, André Stark

Re: Upgrade Question

On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about 500.00) or should I

Re: Upgrade Question

On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Charles Davis wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the

Re: Upgrade Question

Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Charles Davis wrote: On Apr 2, 2009, at 12:39 PM, andre stark wrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth

Re: Upgrade Question

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM, andre stark blacksharkfi...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about

Re: Upgrade Question

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM, andre stark blacksharkfi...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a very dependable G4 867 MHz machine that has A LOT of apps on it. However yo upgrade to FCP6 or even Imovie 6 I need Leopard on this machine. is it worth my while upgrading the processor and gfx card (about