Successfully swapped in a full 68040 into my "new" LC 475 last night. It's a 33mhz '040 from my parents' old Quadra 950. No, sorry, it's not available - they only kept the motherboard which thankfully still had the CPU and all of the RAM on it! Anyway, I haven't yet done the resistor-swap to boost the speed to the proper 33mhz this CPU offers, but it should be a fairly straightforward task.
Probably the easiest upgrade ever.
I did find that the metal clips that hold down the heatsink do not have anything to "grab onto"... however I just squished the metal tabs inward more so they grab onto the side of the CPU socket a bit, to hold it in place. Works just fine. The heatsink is a bit heavy anyways and with the minor friction of the metal clips, it seems it should hold just fine as long as the computer isn't thrown around
Later on I'll probably try to track down some type of adhesive thermal paste (if such a thing exists) to keep the heatsink on more securely.
So far the machine has 20mb of RAM total (4mb onboard + 16mb SIMM i found in an old Performa 6200CD I got from a thrift shop for $4....) Not too bad for a simple little machine, hey? I'll probably keep System 7.5.3 on it even though I feel inclined to run System 7.1 just for the improved performance. Probably no need though, now!! haha
Probably the easiest upgrade ever.
I did find that the metal clips that hold down the heatsink do not have anything to "grab onto"... however I just squished the metal tabs inward more so they grab onto the side of the CPU socket a bit, to hold it in place. Works just fine. The heatsink is a bit heavy anyways and with the minor friction of the metal clips, it seems it should hold just fine as long as the computer isn't thrown around
Later on I'll probably try to track down some type of adhesive thermal paste (if such a thing exists) to keep the heatsink on more securely.So far the machine has 20mb of RAM total (4mb onboard + 16mb SIMM i found in an old Performa 6200CD I got from a thrift shop for $4....) Not too bad for a simple little machine, hey? I'll probably keep System 7.5.3 on it even though I feel inclined to run System 7.1 just for the improved performance. Probably no need though, now!! haha