Somehow, this AM, I got into playing with one of my two Quadra 700's. I got the bug to overclock it. I put a 33Mhz. chip into the socket and checked System Profile. It was still at 25Mhz. So, walking to my recycle pile, I pulled out a PC motherboard from a 66Mhz. PC, removed the 66Mhz. oscillator, sloppily, and placed it on the Mac's motherboard in place of the 50Mhz. one that was there.
This went sloppily. I had a hard time removing those oscillators, and thought I might have ruined things. But, I didn't. Happily, a half-blind bull-in-a-china-shop now has a 33Mhz. Quadra 700 with all ports and devices operational. A big nod to Mark Schrier for his very well documented Overclocking site. I recommend the attempt to anyone. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
