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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #1

Does anyone knows the way how and what to change on this board taken out from PM 9600/300 to use it in other computers, like PM 7600?
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #2

Most likely, you can just plug it into the cpu slot on the 7600. When I upgraded a few 7300's here, I plugged the 604e card into an old 7500 we use here as a secondary file server…
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #3

No, the processor card structure is different. It has cache on processor card. Processor doesn't work if i put it directly into 7500 or 7600.
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #4

Quote: Originally posted by Tikas: No, the processor card structure is different. It has cache on processor card. Processor doesn't work if i put it directly into 7500 o…
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #5

Everything I have read indicates that the 604e 300 mHz processor pulled out of a 9600/300, can ONLY be used in other Macs that have the Kansas motherboard. Those are the 8600/250,…
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #6

I know that this processor card originally works only with PM 8600/9600. There is article in Apple TIL saying that. So if someone knows how physically modificate this card to make …
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #7

Quote: Originally posted by Macfan2: Everything I have read indicates that the 604e 300 mHz processor pulled out of a 9600/300, can ONLY be used in other Macs that have …
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #8

Quote: Originally posted by Tikas: No, the processor card structure is different. It has cache on processor card. Processor doesn't work if i put it directly into 7500 o…
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PPC 604e 300Mhz card — #9

8600/9600 has different motherboards than 8500/9500, different part numbers and structure. I'm asking anyone who knows these thing can we make physical changes on processor card or…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #1

I was just wondering what the fastest speed those of you who have oc'd your machines were able to achieve. Personally, on my B&W G3 350, I was able to get the machine to boot …
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #2

That's very peculiar. I bought a 350mhz blue G3 with the IBM copper G3 and was only able to overclock it to 400mhz. 450mhz wouldn't boot at all, but I never thought to try 500mhz..…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #3

I have a beige g3/266 and I can only clock it up to 315mhz, unstable, 300mhz is where I am now. A friend has the same proc but could boot at 366mhz, I feel mad, that I got a more i…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #5

My b&w G3 350 is now at 400. I'll be speeding it up soon though. I wonder if you get a higher quality chip and motherboard if you buy from Apple or if you buy lots of options?…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #6

PM8500 with XLR8 ZIF and OEM 400 ZIF OC'd to 454 and stable for 6 months. A co-worker bumped his Athlon from 500 to 700, but I've never heard of a Mac making that big of a jump... …
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #7

B&W g3 300 o'cd to 700 something. Stable for 4 months. Beat a g4 on photoshop and Soundjam. it has a cooling fan. I just ordered that liquid hydrogen cooling thing. 1400 bucks.…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #8

Quote: Originally posted by thirtyfootsmurf: B&W g3 300 o'cd to 700 something. Stable for 4 months. Beat a g4 on photoshop and Soundjam. it has a cooling fan. I just…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #9

I have an original Beige 266 (Rage II+) and I couldn't do ANY overclocking. I tried 300 and couldn't get past boot without crashing. A friend bought a 450 G3 upgrade ZIF CPU and I …
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #10

I have a G4 Sawtooth :-( Can't overclock, hopefully there will be upgrades out that I can overclock! hmmm dual 600 G4's overclocked! It is possible to OC upgrade card's isen't i…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #11

Well I tried to overclock my g3 350 from 400 to 450 but forgot to hit the cuda button and got the following messege. Default catch code=900 at % srro:ff818d70 yada yada yada. I …
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #12

The original 350Mhz G3 in my rev. 1 B&W ran great at 400Mhz. I sold the 350Mhz G3 and upgrade to a 450Mhz G3 that wouldn't overclock at all. The MacTell 366 3:2 1M cache G3 p…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #15

Quote: Originally posted by zac4mac: PM8500 with XLR8 ZIF and OEM 400 ZIF OC'd to 454 and stable for 6 months. A co-worker bumped his Athlon from 500 to 700, but I've ne…
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Fastest overclock for your machine? — #16

Quote: Originally posted by Davide: I have a rev1 B&W G3, overclocked to 500Mhz, been running stable since March 1999, no fan or extra cooling, wil not boot at 550 t…
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