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[someperson]

I idiotically destroyed a Sonnet upgrade earlier this year and have not seen another come up for sale since. Does anyone have one now that they're willing to part with? I promise I won't ruin it this time...

I'm located in Houston, TX. Thank you

[aBc]

Sad news indeed. You might try a direct message to "herd" over on 68kMLA.org as he repairs such things I believe. And even if not, he might be able to offer you a replacement. (And likely would be glad to take yours off your hands.)

And he's not too far from Houston.

Good luck!

[wove]

The Beige G3s can use the G4 processor from the PCI graphics G4s. I got a G4 400 from a fellow who had purchased a fast upgrade card. I put the processor in a G3 AIO. Playing with the buss and cpu jumpers on the motherboard I was able to run the G3 AIO at 450MHz with some slight bump to the system's buss speed, which made for a nice speed bump for the AIO.

[DieHard]

Also know as "Yikes" G4...

For shits and giggles ran this one thru AI...

Yes, a G4 CPU from an original "Yikes!" Power Mac G4 can sometimes work in a Blue & White G3 (B&W) or Beige G3 with a ZIF socket, but it's not a simple plug-and-play; you need a specific firmware update (or downgrade) and potentially need to set DIP switches on the G4 card to match the G3's slower 66MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) instead of the G4's native 100MHz, which can be tricky and requires using older OS versions or patches like XPostFacto for OS X. The G4 card physically fits due to the shared ZIF socket design, but the G3 motherboard needs the right software/firmware to recognize and properly utilize the faster G4 chip, often requiring specific steps for stability

I think we discussed this many years ago, so search the forum.

[smilesdavis]

I idiotically destroyed a Sonnet upgrade earlier this year and have not seen another come up for sale since. Does anyone have one now that they're willing to part with? I promise I won't ruin it this time...

I'm located in Houston, TX. Thank you

what did ya do to destroy it?

[aBc]

what did ya do to destroy it?

Refer to topic here [June 07 /2025]:
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7568.msg58758#msg58758
… which you @smilesdavis, replied to twice.

“The Sonnet upgrade is [was] a 1 GHz Encore/ZIF,
though the CPU on it is [was] actually an 800 MHz model.”  - someperson

AND yes, it was a ZIF based CPU. See images here:
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7568.msg58639#msg58639

[someperson]

Sad news indeed. You might try a direct message to "herd" over on 68kMLA.org as he repairs such things I believe. And even if not, he might be able to offer you a replacement. (And likely would be glad to take yours off your hands.)

And he's not too far from Houston.

Good luck!

I contacted herd, and he said this:

I could poke at it and maybe find a problem to fix, but I don't have a machine to test it in. Certainly don't throw it away, but there's not a lot I can do with it.

The Beige G3s can use the G4 processor from the PCI graphics G4s. I got a G4 400 from a fellow who had purchased a fast upgrade card. I put the processor in a G3 AIO. Playing with the buss and cpu jumpers on the motherboard I was able to run the G3 AIO at 450MHz with some slight bump to the system's buss speed, which made for a nice speed bump for the AIO.

I actually already have a 450 MHz G3. It's perfectly stable in my Beige G3 at 433 MHz (it's impossible to set the jumpers in this machine to 450 MHz without overclocking the bus). But I'm hoping to be able to find something better eventually.