Quick question, can you put a Single G4 on Dual G4 board?

#1 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 17:17 68kMLA

There's a store nearby and I think I can get a single 1.25 ghz daughter card from a MDD fairly cheap. I have a Dual 1.00 ghz MDD with a burnt out processor. I've googled and found articles going from a Single to Dualie but not the other way around. Anyone have an idea?

#2 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 20:59 68kMLA

Yep, works just great. The mobos are identical between single/dual.

#3 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 21:19 68kMLA

Awesome, thanks TechFury90!

#4 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 - 22:00 68kMLA

If you're curious, yes it does, it does very well!

#5 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 - 22:51 68kMLA

Pictures of the damage.

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#6 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 - 01:51 68kMLA

What the heck happened?

#7 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 - 02:27 68kMLA

What a shame...

#8 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 - 04:52 68kMLA

I don't know, that was the way it came. What I think happened was the heat sink pulled away from the processor, so the processor with no cooling burnt itself out. The replacement I bought has a fresh coat of Arctic Silver.

#9 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 - 18:26 68kMLA

Didn't there used to be a G4 daughterboard of some sort that could run 2 unbalanced G4 CPU's, i.e a 350 mhz and a 450 mhz. Always imagined that could be useful if you could find a cheap supply of CPU's.

#10 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 - 13:32 68kMLA

Yes there was - it was briefly marketed as an upgrade for the Beige G3 (not slot compatible with AGP graphics G4s). I think it was pulled for power and/or reliability issues. You can still find a review of it on xlr8yourmac.com

#11 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 06:24 68kMLA

I looked a little for that upgrade. I couldn't find it. Anyone want to point me toward it. I have heard rumor of it for a while. I remember doing a bit more research on it a long time ago, but could use a refresh.

#12 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 - 16:41 68kMLA

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Here's the review, and here's the manufacturer's page (archive)

Note that they claimed that only their own "modified" G4 ZIFs would work properly.

I see XLR8 also recommended that part as a dual G4 upgrade for PCI Macs, using their MAChCarrier (archive)

Mmm. A 9600 with twin G4s would be nice }

These days? Rare as hen's teeth. I've seen ~one~ on ebay since they were announced.

nb: XLR8 and xlr8yourmac.com are not related