NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth

#1 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 - 09:05 NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth — #1

Bought an powermac g4 sawtooth , my first vintage mac ever,for about 10 dollars . It's an old 400 megahertz model .

I have already upgraded it with 1 gb of sdram and an dvd burner .

Does anyone know if the cpu can be upgraded and how can it be upgraded ?

#2 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 - 11:23 NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth — #2

Congrats, yes the CPU can be upgraded using another CPU or from a third party.

#3 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 - 14:12 NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth — #3

bibilit said:
Congrats, yes the CPU can be upgraded using another CPU or from a third party.

What cpu would you recommend and from what "donor" machine ?

Also do you know how I can get rid of side case scratches ?

Would love to restore this old beast to its former glory .

#4 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 - 18:02 NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth — #4

You have got information here:

http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Processors.html

Scratches can be removed with a car polish.

#5 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 - 18:06 NutzaMAC 's new PowerMAC G4 Sawtooth — #5

thanks