3 posts in a row now... but the Power Mac is running perfectly stable with a G4 running at 400mhz (66mhz bus with a multiplier of 6x). I've also stuck an ATI Rage 128 Pro PCI in there to give it a bit more video horsepower to work with.
Of course I had to steal those parts off my Yikes G4... still not feeling entirely good about that, but it's all reversible I suppose. I'm not too worried about giving the Yikes its graphics card back, but i'll need to secure a second G4 processor before I swap the 400 back into the Yikes G4.
The system is about 3x faster in everything it does, not counting video processing operations where the Velocity Engine should really shine. I haven't had a chance to test the Wings AV card yet, funnily enough the OS 9 installation on the drive lacks any of the necessary software to make it work.
I've also been able to determine some of the cards installed in the system.
The video card is an IXMicro Twin Turbo 128 with 8mb of video RAM. From what I understand these were standard equipment on the 300mhz models, but this is a 266, so it would have been added afterward or as an option.
The USB card is most likely USB 1.1 as opposed to USB 2.0. The controller is an OPTI FireLink.
The SCSI card is an AdvanSys Ultra Wide PCI with 50-pin and 68-pin internal connectors, along with a single 68-pin external connector.
Of course I had to steal those parts off my Yikes G4... still not feeling entirely good about that, but it's all reversible I suppose. I'm not too worried about giving the Yikes its graphics card back, but i'll need to secure a second G4 processor before I swap the 400 back into the Yikes G4.
The system is about 3x faster in everything it does, not counting video processing operations where the Velocity Engine should really shine. I haven't had a chance to test the Wings AV card yet, funnily enough the OS 9 installation on the drive lacks any of the necessary software to make it work.
I've also been able to determine some of the cards installed in the system.
The video card is an IXMicro Twin Turbo 128 with 8mb of video RAM. From what I understand these were standard equipment on the 300mhz models, but this is a 266, so it would have been added afterward or as an option.
The USB card is most likely USB 1.1 as opposed to USB 2.0. The controller is an OPTI FireLink.
The SCSI card is an AdvanSys Ultra Wide PCI with 50-pin and 68-pin internal connectors, along with a single 68-pin external connector.