Possible? If yes, any company out there planning this soon? I haven't heard either for or against something like this, yet the guy I sold my Ti-400 just asked me last night.
No, the processor in the TiBooks is soldered onto the motherboard. If he wants a faster machine... all he can really do is throw out his TiBook and buy a new one.
EDIT: Oh, you could theoretically upgrade the motherboard to one with a 500 MHz processor, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle. I also think you could theoretically replace the motherboard with one from a later, faster TiBook, but it probably wouldn't work anyway.
No, the processor in the TiBooks is soldered onto the motherboard. If he wants a faster machine... all he can really do is throw out his TiBook and buy a new one.
EDIT: Oh, you could theoretically upgrade the motherboard to one with a 500 MHz processor, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle. I also think you could theoretically replace the motherboard with one from a later, faster TiBook, but it probably wouldn't work anyway.
I seem to recall a company that would take your PowerBook, de-solder the CPU and solder in a new one... Was that Newer Technologies?
TechnoWarehouse LLC (formed by former NewerTech employees) will do an upgrade on the soldered processor on slot-loading iMacs, but that's the only upgrade I know of where anyone will desolder the processor and solder in a new one. I don't think the upgrade exists for PowerBooks but it might be available somewhere.
Possible? If yes, any company out there planning this soon? I haven't heard either for or against something like this, yet the guy I sold my Ti-400 just asked me last night.
Thanks in advance for any info.
You can clock the Ti400 to at least 500 mhz and speed the bus up to 133 mhz. Take a look at www.xlr8yourmac.com
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EDIT: Oh, you could theoretically upgrade the motherboard to one with a 500 MHz processor, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle. I also think you could theoretically replace the motherboard with one from a later, faster TiBook, but it probably wouldn't work anyway.
Originally posted by Luca Rescigno
No, the processor in the TiBooks is soldered onto the motherboard. If he wants a faster machine... all he can really do is throw out his TiBook and buy a new one.
EDIT: Oh, you could theoretically upgrade the motherboard to one with a 500 MHz processor, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle. I also think you could theoretically replace the motherboard with one from a later, faster TiBook, but it probably wouldn't work anyway.
I seem to recall a company that would take your PowerBook, de-solder the CPU and solder in a new one... Was that Newer Technologies?
Originally posted by Bill M
Possible? If yes, any company out there planning this soon? I haven't heard either for or against something like this, yet the guy I sold my Ti-400 just asked me last night.
Thanks in advance for any info.
You can clock the Ti400 to at least 500 mhz and speed the bus up to 133 mhz. Take a look at www.xlr8yourmac.com