[JediMac]

If you get the upgrade trace me CPU cards, I have a pismo 400 I would love to get the 500 card. I cant afford the G4 upgrade just yet. PLease contact me if you are interested.

[email protected]

Thanks guys!

[Rich Jercha]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by JediMac:
<strong>If you get the upgrade trace me CPU cards, I have a pismo 400 I would love to get the 500 card. I cant afford the G4 upgrade just yet. PLease contact me if you are interested.

[email protected]

Thanks guys!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">hey check ebay. they have lots of that kind of stuff just lying around in people's basement's waiting to be bought. I don't know about g3 500 cards, but I have seen tons of processor cards for older powerbooks that have been upgraded and no longer need the originals.

[PeteWK]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by JediMac:
<strong>If you get the upgrade trace me CPU cards, I have a pismo 400 I would love to get the 500 card. I cant afford the G4 upgrade just yet. PLease contact me if you are interested.

[email protected]

Thanks guys!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">I think you may run into a problem there. The deal is that the companies actually use the old card and trade the processors. There's no extra card to be had. Sorry.

PeteWK

[seanyepez]

Yes, but the person sending in a 500-megahertz module might as well give someone the 500-megahertz G3 on it before replacing the chip with a 500-megahertz G4.

The only problem here is slower cache on the 400-megahertz CPU modules. I figured this out after the trade, and I'm hurtin'. While most 400-megahertz PowerBooks are capable of running their cache at 200 megahertz, 500-megahertz cards that can overclock to 250 megahertz, so the it's a "win/lose" situation, not the "win/win" situation I had thought it would be before I did the trade. Shipping costs money, too.

[PeteWK]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by seanyepez:
<strong>Yes, but the person sending in a 500-megahertz module might as well give someone the 500-megahertz G3 on it before replacing the chip with a 500-megahertz G4.

The only problem here is slower cache on the 400-megahertz CPU modules. I figured this out after the trade, and I'm hurtin'. While most 400-megahertz PowerBooks are capable of running their cache at 200 megahertz, 500-megahertz cards that can overclock to 250 megahertz, so the it's a "win/lose" situation, not the "win/win" situation I had thought it would be before I did the trade. Shipping costs money, too.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Hope the speed difference is only slight. As for me, I have both a 400 and 500 card. I shelled out 350 bucks on ebay for the 500 some months back. It really does make the Pismo more of a joy to use. But given what you've just said, I'm going to have to think hard as to which one of the cards I'll keep as a back up. Hmmmmm.

PeteWK

[ddiokno]

same as <a href="http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=005248" target="_blank"> this thread</a> .
dave