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madmann
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on: April 21, 2007, 03:44
Is it possible to put a quicksilver main board into a B&W? I would like to put a 1Ghz duel into the old B&W. What do you think? |
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wove
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Reply #1 on: April 21, 2007, 03:47
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I moved this to the off topic area. On the whole I do not see why it would not work, but I imagine it would entail more work than it first appears is should. bill
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Old Mac Geezer
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Reply #2 on: April 24, 2007, 00:31
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I wouldn't think this would be possible. The Quicksilver uses an entirely different power supply than the B&W so you would be missing too many vital voltages to get it to run. The connector is physically incompatible, too. The Quicksilver has two power connectors going to the motherboard and it also draws power from some of the metal offsets built into the case itself which is why you have to perform the 12 volt mod when trying to use Quicksilver CPU boards in Digital Audios, so even if you could get the Quicksilver power supply into the B&W, you wouldn't be able to route the power through the case to the offsets that the board needs. I know that a Yikes! board is doable because that is just a B&W board modded slightly for a G4. A sawtooth may also be doable, but once you hit the Mystic/Gigabit Ethernet and Digital Audio boards, then the power supply becomes an issue because they use proprietary power supplies with unique voltages whereas the B&W, Yikes! and Sawtooth use more or less a standard ATX power supply.
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madmann
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256 MB Posts: 284
Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 16:00
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ok I have not given up on the B&W yet. I have found a agp sawtooth motherboard which should fit "maybe" into my case this should be a low investment. Now the cpu card is another issue. can an apple cpu from a quicksilver be used in a sawtooth. i know the upgrade cards from sonnet etc will work but will the apple cards work. i was concerned about the voltage issues.
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wove
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Reply #4 on: July 08, 2007, 18:38
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I do not think a QuickSilver CPU module will work with a Sawtooth MB. Apple's processor modules seem much fussier than ones from third parties. bill
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madmann
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256 MB Posts: 284
Reply #5 on: July 08, 2007, 19:39
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thanks bill was afraid of that
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