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Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #13

Sonnet works (for instance, the 500 MHz Encore) from 8.1 to 10.4 with XPostFacto. Click to expand... But this is for the beige, right?
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 - 06:26

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #11

I don't know. Maybe some game would conflict with it's drivers, which will also slow the whole system down. I heard that it would also restric mac os versions I can use. I need ful…
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 - 04:07

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #10

If I took a faster processor, it would have to be from 3rd party manufacturers, which I don't like very much and could lead me to incompatibility problems. Click to expand... W…
68kMLA PowerPC by JRL Mon, 30 Jun 2008 - 03:17

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #9

Also, if you want better speed, use 10.3.9, and stay away from 10.2, and 10.4 Click to expand... I only have Mac OS 9.2.2 and 8.6 installed. It's just what I need for now. And…
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Mon, 30 Jun 2008 - 02:23

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #8

one of the problems you could be having, is interfearance inside the CPU itself. If you get it too fast, you may be causing electricity to cause interfearance from the heat INSIDE…
68kMLA PowerPC by coius Sun, 29 Jun 2008 - 22:22

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #6

Here's an idea. Settle in at 450mhz and stop pushing it to 500 before you fry it. Bumping a 400mhz chip to 500mhz is a 25% overclock, which is really pushing it with air cooling. Y…
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Sun, 29 Jun 2008 - 00:42

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #5

Here's an idea. Settle in at 450mhz and stop pushing it to 500 before you fry it. Bumping a 400mhz chip to 500mhz is a 25% overclock, which is really pushing it with air cooling. Y…
68kMLA PowerPC by Quadraman Sun, 29 Jun 2008 - 00:35

CompactFlash to IDE compatible with PB 5300? — #3

That's an interesting and rare bit of kit. I think the CF-IDE adapter you reference requires yet another adapter to work. You want to be sure that the IDE interface is specificall…
68kMLA PowerPC by beachycove Fri, 27 Jun 2008 - 00:16

CompactFlash to IDE compatible with PB 5300? — #2

It'll work a treat, I've tried a couple of very generic looking ones with a Sandisk 1 and 2GB CF card which allow for booting, both on a PB3400 and 5300 (don't use it on that reall…
68kMLA PowerPC by Byrd Fri, 27 Jun 2008 - 00:06

CompactFlash to IDE compatible with PB 5300? — #1

Hello guys, So I have this Macintosh Freestyle Tablet (basically a PowerBook 5300). The problem is the hard drive overheated I believe and has been acting funky ever-since. Altern…
68kMLA PowerPC by LimeiBook86 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 - 09:27

PB G4 disk booting help — #2

That is the Open Firmware boot selector.. It shows you the bootable volumes. Clicking the circular arrow refreshes the menu choices indeed, f.e. because you put a CD in the drive…
68kMLA PowerPC by ealex79 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 - 16:18

PB G4 disk booting help — #1

Hi, I posted earlier about the PowerBook G4 that gets stuck on the loading screen. I'm not sure what version the laptop is, but everymac.com said that some versions of the laptop…
68kMLA PowerPC by Apostrophe Sat, 21 Jun 2008 - 15:44

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #3

Did you try just a K6-2 fan, or a K6-2 heat sink and fan? Click to expand... Only the fan screwed to the original B&W rev.2 Heatsink. If I get a heatpiped one, I'm afr…
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 04:40

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #2

Did you try just a K6-2 fan, or a K6-2 heat sink and fan? It would take some sheet or metal bar work, but you might consider trying to mount some of the modern heat pipe equipped …
68kMLA PowerPC by trag Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 04:29

Best Solution for modded G4 zif cooling — #1

Hi, As I told in other posts, I use a B&W G3 with G4 zif from Yikes! 400 at 450mhz (trying 500mhz still). I followed the voltage tweaking guide to achieve 500mhz by settin…
68kMLA PowerPC by filipetolhuizen Thu, 19 Jun 2008 - 23:08

what is the best video card for a quicksilver — #4

if you really want the best video card go for a flashed Radeon 9800 with 256MB VRAM or a flashed GeForce 7 series card. the 9800 gets pretty hot compared to the geforce cards. so …
68kMLA PowerPC by Bolle Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - 10:35

what is the best video card for a quicksilver — #3

... But, what all are you wanting to do with it? If you just want it for "2d" stuff, then your 7500 is perfectly acceptable. If you want it for Core Image stuff, then a Radeon 96…
68kMLA PowerPC by equill Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - 06:48

what is the best video card for a quicksilver — #2

An ATI Radeon 9800 is, I believe, the best video card that was released for that Mac. There was an X800 released, but it requires the 8X AGP slot of the Power Mac G5, so won't wor…
68kMLA PowerPC by Anonymous Freak Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - 06:11

what is the best video card for a quicksilver — #1

i want the best video card for a quicksilver g4 dual 1 g machine. well less than 150 $ us. i have a 7500 apg currently per alk [8D] which works great i would like to dual boot…
68kMLA PowerPC by madmann Tue, 17 Jun 2008 - 01:15
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