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Processor Upgrade Card 630-2059
Posted by: Gunzel on 2024-02-03 03:19:19
In Japan I picked up a boxed Power Macintosh Processor Upgrade Card M5973J/A “PROC UPGR 180MHZ W/O FAN” the box was opened but but the antistatic bag at first glance.

On returning home I’ve looked at the card itself and its part number seems to be 630-2059. A quick web search leads to eBay auctions suggests this may be a 132Mhz card, opening the antistatic bag was fairly easy without damaging the packaging, so presumably I actually have the replaced processor card? Is there a resource of board numbers somewhere?

Also there was a 7.6 CD, booklet and rescue disks in the box as well as a bunch of booklets for Apple Remote Access, OpenDoc and OpenTransport. Would they normally come in this package?

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Posted by: lolo799 on 2024-02-03 06:17:50
The sticker on the back of the cpu says BCG604132, it's a 132MHz and definitely not the 180Mhz that was originally in the box.
Posted by: Gunzel on 2024-02-03 12:12:11
Thanks @lolo799, now you point it out it makes sense, I hadn’t even looked at searching that code but it’s all right there in it.
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