MacInteltosh chip can be upgraded

Vikingod · Feb 5, 2006, 02:19 AM

"A Japanese journal has managed to swap his MacInteltosh 1.83 GHz chip for a nice new Core Duo 2GHz CPU and get it to work.

The article, published in Japanese in Boot magazine said that the Duo 2 worked flawlessly and the system information displayed the right 2GHz frequency.

Hardmac magazine has suggested that there is a number of reasons why this might work. You can overclock G3s and G4s by modifying the multiplying co-efficient. Intel and AMD lock those coefficient setttings inside the CPUs to stop this sort of thing, which is why overclockers have to always adjust their systems."
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**dj_stick** · Feb 5, 2006, 02:50 AM

makes sense really, they wouldn't lock out the mobo hardware to only work with certain chip speeds

Feb 5, 2006, 02:19 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	MacInteltosh chip can be upgraded "A Japanese journal has managed to swap his MacInteltosh 1.83 GHz chip for a nice new Core Duo 2GHz CPU and get it to work. The article, published in Japanese in Boot magazine said that the Duo 2 worked flawlessly and the system information displayed the right 2GHz frequency. Hardmac magazine has suggested that there is a number of reasons why this might work. You can overclock G3s and G4s by modifying the multiplying co-efficient. Intel and AMD lock those coefficient setttings inside the CPUs to stop this sort of thing, which is why overclockers have to always adjust their systems." __________ Read More / Source: The Inquirer