I got my G4 board finally and my chip doesn't fit ontoit. the connectoris the same but the chip is too big. can anyone tell what kind of board it is and what kind of chip i can get so i can start my mod. I have some very high resolution photos of the board. the audio ports are aligned vertically i think it could be an agp graphics or a DA board. much help will be appreciated.
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The images need to be smaller. When you try and fail to upload one, the image editor will tell you the size you need. I do know it can be a pain in the rear though. I uploaded a ton of images and still have difficulty sometimes. Im guessing you are puttin a newer G4 daughterboard in an older G4. That will cause some issues with the ata connector and the heatisnk needs to be cut too. Try your pics again and well see whats up.
Thats a sawtooth agp board. Its the first "real G4" motherboard. Some of the newer CPU daughterboard interfer as I said before. Got a pic of the cpu? What speed is the cpu by the way?
OK, if you pop off the protective cover on the ziff, whats the problem? It is larger than the ziff socket on the maneboard? Or dont the screw holes line up? what exactly won't fit?
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The board is either an AGP Sawtooth or a gigabit ethernet. The Sawtooth has an internal firewire port on one corner (Same corner as the external firewire.) Its not there on the Gig-E. Can't see it on your pic, so I guess you have a Gig-E board.
Here is a good pic of the Sawtooth board for you to compare:
If your CPU is a 500, that would fit my conclusion. Only the Sawtooth had a single 500MHz. The 500MHz Gig-E was a dual proc. The Sawtooth chip should run as far as I know, but like you say, the IDE is in the way.
Still kinda hard to tell from those pics, but looks like maybe that processor card is for a QS, where the processor card socket is at the back of the board, closer to the network and other connectors?
its a sawtooth board. its got the internal firewire in the corner with the external firewire. The chip is definately not from a Q.S. The chip came out of one of the grophite colored g4s. i'm not sure of what model but the chip is dated 2001. What is the internal firewire port for anyway.
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As far as I know, its just an ordinary firewire port. No idea why it on the inside, never seen one used. Maybe thats why the later ones didn't have it.
2001 would make it a Digital Audio or Quicksilver chip. If you've ruled out QS, DA is the one.
Ok, for the last time I will give my suggestion. Cut the ide connector off, besides getting a new cpu, that is the only solution. You are trying to put a DA G4 cpu on a Sawtooth board and that just doesnt work without some modding. Sorry to break it to ya.
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