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UPGRADED my Powerbook!!
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Western MA
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So I've had my Powerbook G4 for over a year now, and it needed some upgrading. It was running ok, but I knew I could make it better. Here were the original specs:
PowerPC G4/400
384 Ram
10 GB 4200RPM HD
After doing alot of research on the XLR8 website, I choose to overclock the processor as my first step. And if that succeeded then I would order more ram and a bigger and faster hard drive. Needless to say overclocking your notebook is NOT for the fient of heart. But with patience and a steady hand I was successful. Anyway, here are my NEW specs:
PowerPC G4/500
768 Ram
40 GB 5400RPM IBM HD
Sweet! OS X has never run better! My aging notebook has new life and now it's ready for panther. I should have written down some performance benchmarks from before, but I never got around to it. But it is definately faster! Or should I say "snappier"? 
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Bronx, NY 10471
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Wow, that is a huge improvement. Congratulations. Just a few questions? Do you notice your PB getting hotter now that you overclocked it? Are you taking any precautions to keep it from overheating?
Thanks
Sincerely,
Mel
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Nope the notebook does not run hotter and battery life is still relatively the same. I've been running it at 500 mhz for only a week, but it hasn't locked up yet, and it seems really stable. I don't run anything too intensive on it yet, although I was using Photoshop recently and it ran fine.
The finder especially seems to have improved the most.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: pittsburgh, pa, usa
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How did you go about overclocking the processor. Also, can one do this using the new 12" 867's?? I'd love to see some benchmarks before/after overclocking on your computer.
If someone has done this using a 12", POST!
Nate
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12" SuperDrive
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally posted by dettociao:
How did you go about overclocking the processor. Also, can one do this using the new 12" 867's?? I'd love to see some benchmarks before/after overclocking on your computer.
If someone has done this using a 12", POST!
Nate
Check out this site for overclocking the Powerbook G4:
Voelker
I would imagine that the powerbook 867 is overclockable as well, but the motherboard is probably different?? AND that's a pretty new machine to be tinkering with, isn't it?
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