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Posted by: max1zzz on 2017-02-05 11:11:23
As long as they have a regular PPC 750 CPU they can be upgraded, If you open one up and tell me then number on the CPU i'll be able to tell you for sure 🙂
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Posted by: belgaonkar on 2017-02-05 11:15:11
@max they've got a PPC 750cx.
@cc for some reason, I am struggling to get it to boot on leopard. I believe the graphics drivers for the non-firewire models are missing from 10.5.
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Posted by: max1zzz on 2017-02-05 11:23:12
Ahh, cx is no good. They have a 256 pin package rather than the 360 pin package used by the 750/7400/7410
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Posted by: CC_333 on 2017-02-05 18:11:31
What about the iBook "SE" (which is, essentially, a normal first-gen clamshell with graphite plastics and a Firewire port)? Anyone know if that has a normal 750 in it?
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Posted by: giolicious on 2017-02-05 21:33:29
Anything available for me?
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Posted by: belgaonkar on 2017-02-06 12:38:23
@cc- Nope, the "SE" is the 466MHZ model and they had to switch to the 750cx model Macs. I would love to see a lime g4 clamshell, but that doesn't seem doable.
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Posted by: rsolberg on 2017-02-06 13:44:23
M2453 300MHz: PPC 750, Blueberry or Tangerine
M2453 366MHz SE: PPC 750, Graphite
M6411 366MHz: PPC 750CX, FireWire, Indigo or Key Lime
M6411 466MHz SE: PPC 750CX, FireWire, Graphite or Key Lime
If one could hack a M2453's logic board into a M6411 case, you could have a Lime G4. (without FireWire)
@CC_333, the 366MHz SE model has a 750, so it should take a 7410 the same way the original 300MHz model does, but it doesn't have FireWire. (See above)
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Posted by: belgaonkar on 2017-02-06 13:56:51
Oops! When he said "SE" I thought he meant the graphite/ lime 466MHZ model.
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Posted by: max1zzz on 2017-02-06 14:14:22
Well, if anyone wants to send me a SE board I can try a CPU swap on one 🙂
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2017-02-06 16:58:33
Wait, we can put a G4 in these? 😀  I picked up a tangerine model. I would be slightly interested in how that is done. I thought the CPU was soldered onto the logic board with the clamshells? And even if it does fit, it won't melt into the case from the extra heat?
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Posted by: rsolberg on 2017-02-06 17:03:48
Just.in.time, see this thread in Hacks & Development for more information: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/28556-imac-g3-rev-a-c-g4-cpu-upgrade/
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Posted by: just.in.time on 2017-02-06 17:50:06
rsolberg, I just spent the past 20 minutes reading that entire thread... I don't even know what to say :O . Definitely some impressive stuff going on over there.
Haha here I am a bit on the nervous side about doing my first recap in the next week or two ;D .
I think I will keep my iBook at the stock CPU... If anyone figures out how to swap a 1024 x 768 display panel into the 300mhz iBooks, let me know 😎
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Posted by: mvallance on 2017-04-11 22:25:55
Well done. 100 iBooks. I wish I'd seen this earlier as my graphite iBook would love an orange friend :beige:
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Posted by: NickCorpel on 2018-09-15 12:33:02
You still have some of them? I’d like to buy an orange one 🙂Â
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Posted by: Retro Rider on 2018-09-15 12:59:35
I'd like one!
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Posted by: Brett B. on 2018-09-15 15:26:46
Right at the top it says he is sold out
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Posted by: AquaAngel on 2020-02-15 17:21:26
wooooo, nice rescue. i just got a few today and just finished rebuild a lime green 466 mhz a few weeks ago, looking for some Tangerine and graphite and blue, all will be upgraded to ssd drive or flash drive
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Posted by: Mighty Jabba on 2020-02-15 17:54:50
This was quite a necropost, but I’m kind of glad since the photos at the top of the post were pretty epic. I’m so glad these got saved
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Posted by: cocoadelica on 2020-02-17 08:37:29
Any idea what shipping to the UK might be? I am *interested*
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Posted by: Cory5412 on 2020-02-17 09:52:55
Just so everyone's aware, this thread was originally posted almost four years ago and the original poster hasn't replied to it in three years.
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