G3 750FX (inside iBook 2002) can be software-overclocked!!!
I can't believe it: the G3 750FX (the one inside the new iBooks 2002) can be overclocked by SOFTWARE!!!!!
That is SO cool!!
An ?xlr8yourmac? reader overclocked it at 800Mhz (from 700) with no problems!
Generally I hate overclocking Macs since it's a quite difficult hardware operation and then you get a instable machine.
But in this case it seems to be quite safe and easy to do: it's even suggested by the original IBM G3750FX specifications!!!
look at: <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/jun02/060402.html#S13899" target="_blank">http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/jun02/060402.html#S13899</a>
(sorry for my bad English)
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That is SO cool!!
An ?xlr8yourmac? reader overclocked it at 800Mhz (from 700) with no problems!
Generally I hate overclocking Macs since it's a quite difficult hardware operation and then you get a instable machine.
But in this case it seems to be quite safe and easy to do: it's even suggested by the original IBM G3750FX specifications!!!
look at: <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/jun02/060402.html#S13899" target="_blank">http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/jun02/060402.html#S13899</a>
(sorry for my bad English)
[ 06-06-2002: Message edited by: Zeno ]
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Escher
(I was just looking to see if I had it. I know I can't overclock this computer like that.)
CHUD Tools like Reggie are available here:
<a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/debuggers.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/tools/debuggers.html</a>
If I donvince my parents to pay some of my insurance, I'll have $2000 at least to put into a new computer.
It'll be an entry-level PM
a highest-level iMac
or largescreen iBook
This assumes that the PMs and iMac get updated. If the lowest PM is a 1 GHz machine, that baby's mine. Maybe the same for an iMac.