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TICKET ARCHIVE -> Upgrade G4 400mhz Power Pc

krbmedia - Oct 11, 2005 - 4:59 pm

How would I go about upgrading the processor on this machine? What the board can take.

Can it be done simply without paste?

Any recommendations on where to buy a processor?

bobw - Oct 11, 2005 - 5:27 pm

Hi Allen

This site has all the upgrades available;

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/

Install instructions come with any of them.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

krbmedia - Oct 11, 2005 - 9:43 pm

What about my other questions?

Which one do you recommend?

How do I identify my Mac and what it can take?

bobw - Oct 12, 2005 - 9:20 am

Allen

No paste is needed. The processor just screws to the Logic Board.

If your G4 is a 400MHz Desktop model, it can be one of these three;

G4/400/PCI

G4/400/AGP

G4/400/Gigabit Ethernet

Open the System Profiler in your Utility folder. Under Hardware, it will show the model.

My choice, if it's either the AGP or Gigabit Ethernet model would be;

OWC Mercury Extreme G4/1.467-1.5GHz 2MB L3 Cache for PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics/Sawtooth, Gigabit Ethernet

If it's the PCI (Yikes) model, this would be my choice;

Sonnet Encore/ZIF G4/1GHz w/1024k 4:1 Backside Cache. Compatible with PowerMac G3 Beige, G3 Blue&White, G4 'Yikes' PCI Models.
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

krbmedia - Nov 22, 2005 - 3:38 pm

For some reason now, when I use my Tiger CD 1 to install, it quits and says the install had an error and need to restart.

Any ideas why it would do that?

bobw - Nov 22, 2005 - 3:42 pm

Allen

Did you have a version of OS X on this machine already?

Are the Tiger discs retail discs, or copies from somewhere?
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Bobw - Macosx.com Tech Support

krbmedia - Nov 22, 2005 - 5:26 pm

It must have had a scratch on it because when I copied it, it worked fine.

krbmedia - Feb 9, 2006 - 12:01 am

Is this the model you recommend?

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other...g/MEG40910L2S/

bobw - Feb 9, 2006 - 9:44 am

Allen

Yes, that would be a good choice.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

krbmedia - May 19, 2006 - 11:19 pm

The link is broken. Can yo usend me the link for the processors you recommend?

bobw - May 20, 2006 - 7:20 am

Allen

Try htis link;

http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Sea...&Manufacturer=

If that doesn't work for you, go to
http://eshop.macsales.com

and put this in the Search field and click Go;

MEG42M1500

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

krbmedia - May 20, 2006 - 10:55 am

That's a little out of my price range. Is there one under 200 that you recommend?

bobw - May 20, 2006 - 11:03 am

Allen

There's a few close to $200.00,

Go to this page;

http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Models.cfm?TI=0047

Select your model and continue.

Anything this company sells is good. It's a very good company to deal with.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

krbmedia - May 20, 2006 - 11:19 am

Between these, which would you say is the better value:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other...ng/MEG42M1000/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonne...ogy/SG410002M/

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other...ng/MEG42M1200/

bobw - May 20, 2006 - 11:24 am

Allen

This would be my choice;

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other...ng/MEG42M1200/

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

krbmedia - Nov 20, 2007 - 10:53 pm

How about this one?

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/PowerLogix/PF55SA1000/

TechSupport - Nov 23, 2007 - 11:00 pm

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krbmedia - Nov 25, 2007 - 1:31 am

Any word on that processor?

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/PowerLogix/PF55SA1000/

DeltaMac - Nov 25, 2007 - 7:27 am

If that processor is the one that will work in your PowerMac, and the price is agreeable to you, then you should try it. Macsales.com (OWC) has very good tech support, and you could try calling them if you have questions about the products that they sell.

- Dale

krbmedia - Nov 25, 2007 - 10:41 am

It does fit in my 400mhz and the price is good. I was just wondering if you heard anything about it.