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The new low-end--same motherboard as old 1.6 SP?
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WizOSX
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Jun 10, 2004, 02:55 AM
 
It seems to me it is. Does anyone know for sure if any changes were made (or none were made)?
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Jun 10, 2004, 04:07 AM
 
Sure why the heck not? All they have to do is solder on the second socket
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Jun 10, 2004, 04:24 AM
 
The consensus is that it is indeed the same board.
     
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Jun 10, 2004, 05:07 AM
 
I'm not sure it is actually. If you go to the Apple store, a PCI-X gigabit ethernet card is a BTO option for the dual 1.8. Would they be offering that if the 1.8 didn't have any PCI-X slots? Just a screw up or is the board actually different...

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Jun 10, 2004, 05:10 AM
 
Originally posted by jonbwfc1:
I'm not sure it is actually. If you go to the Apple store, a PCI-X gigabit ethernet card is a BTO option for the dual 1.8. Would they be offering that if the 1.8 didn't have any PCI-X slots? Just a screw up or is the board actually different...

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I noticed that too... think it has to be a mistake on Apples part... the machine has no PCI-X.
     
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Jun 10, 2004, 03:44 PM
 
New dual 1.8s use DDR400 RAM, whereas the old single 1.6s used DDR333 RAM.
While I suspect the motherboard of the old 1.6's could have been tuned to use 400MHz RAM, this may suggest that there are at least some differences between the old and new non-PCI-X motherboards.
     
   
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