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single processor 1ghz mdd??
« on: March 13, 2014, 02:51:35 PM »
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/sys/4365799677.html

was there ever a single processor 1ghz model?
looking at this guys screenshot it says 1ghz cpus x 1

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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2014, 03:07:24 PM »
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/sys/4365799677.html

was there ever a single processor 1ghz model?
looking at this guys screenshot it says 1ghz cpus x 1
It should be a 933 QS overclocked, given the L2/3 cache. It also could be an non-apple cpu upgrade.

If IT IS a MDD should be the last educational model of 2003 at 1.0 instead of 1.25
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.0_mdd.html
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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2014, 03:23:51 PM »


If IT IS a MDD should be the last educational model of 2003 at 1.0 instead of 1.25
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.0_mdd.html
Is that motherboard (133 bus) with the CPU of a http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.25_mdd.html
Ask for a photo of the back to see if the motherboard is FW800
The last 2003 MDD EDU has that cpu and was OS9 bootable (no FW800)
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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2014, 03:25:39 PM »
IT IS a MDD should be the last educational model of 2003 at 1.0 instead of 1.25
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.0_mdd.html

ah ok i think u are probably right its probably a fw800 model.. i didnt even think. im so unfamiliar with those models;)

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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2014, 03:33:55 PM »

It should be a 933 QS overclocked, given the L2/3 cache. It also could be an non-apple cpu upgrade.

Sorry for my error. DDR memory means MDD
It could be the last model CPU http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.25_mdd.html on a 133 board.
The MDD 867 board is 133 so it could be a OS9 board.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_1.0_mdd.html is 133 bus but FW800 and only 1 Mb L2/3
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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2014, 03:41:59 PM »
I am sorry for answering too much quickly
It seem 98% the FW800 1Ghz, but it could be a modified FW400 166bus with the cpu from that model (2% prob)
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Re: single processor 1ghz mdd??
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2014, 03:51:50 PM »
Is there out a method to "change" the "firmware" of a MDD FW800 to a OS9 bootable (First MDD) "bios"?
I did not find anyone that had made, but maybe one user has the 2 models and can say us: "the fw800 has a XXX chip for the bios and the Fw400 has YYY chip"  Maybe noone was brave enought to "desolder" the "OSX" controller and put a "OS9" compatible one.
There "should" be a method to "force flash" the bios  from the FW800 models to OS9, but in 6-7 years of research I did not find anything nor anyone.
But I just learned in the good way that this machines can still surprise us.
 
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