At 16:46 +0000 11/26/2002, Philip Hannath wrote: >Hi > >S900, 604e 200mhz, 128mb ram, OS 9.1 > >Couple of questions, first maybe a bit dumb, but is it possible to >put a processor card > from a Beige G3 straight into my s900, or do I need to buy a card >designed especially > as an upgrade card?
Sort of. The Beige G3 CPU uses a different connector than the S900. The CPUs used in teh Beige are called ZIF upgrades. They have a 17 X 17 array of pins on the bottom which plugs into a ZIF (zero insertion force) socket. The S900 uses an edge card connector similar but quite different from a PCI type connector. So, on first glance the Beige G3 CPU will not work in the S900. However, a few companies built what are called Carrier ZIF cards. These plug into the S900 socket and they have a ZIF socket on the card. They're basically an adapter to let you use the Beige G3 CPUs in your S900 and similar model Macs. >One other thing that's been bugging me for a while, my s900 shows >the video card as > being an ATI Rage, but it seems like the majority of other people >have got IX Micro > Twin Turbo cards, did umax ship with different video cards or has >it been upgraded. > The only person I've heard mention an ATI card was Frank (S900 at >issue) on digest > 1387 over the weekend. Most of the S900s shipped with the TT cards, but some of them shipped with other video cards. I'm not sure if the ATI card was one of them. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
