bptba93 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 This might be a stupid question but here it goes. Can you put a stock G4 processor card from Apple from like a Power Mac G4 and put it in a Beige G3? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30437-stock-g4-in-g3/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 short answer: No. If it was a first generation G4 (Yikes) then it would work in a Blue/White G3 with a firmware update. The Beige G3 was the last old world Mac and did not support firmware updating but you may be able to do it with a third party patch from Sonnetech, powerlogix or xlr8. Any model after the Yikes G4 did not have the same socket. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30437-stock-g4-in-g3/#findComment-210847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Most likely no. You need a ZIF upgrade, which comes from Other World Computing. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30437-stock-g4-in-g3/#findComment-210880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bptba93 Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 ok thank you for clearing that up for me Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/30437-stock-g4-in-g3/#findComment-210892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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