my mac has an identity problem

i have a blue and white G3 and i recently bought a G4 Yikes as a second machine so i could give the wife the G3. I installed OS X 10.4.3 and everything is fine except how the computer identifies itself. i know this sounds wierd but in system Profiler it correctly says it has a 400 MHz G4 Processor, but in "machine type" it calls itself "Power Mac G3 (PCI graphics)"

i know that the Yikes machine is really just a blue-and-white with a G4 processor but is this something wierd about my machine, some problem in firmware?

as i said, in all respects it functions as it should, but in every area, even in the screensaver with the machine name on it, it calls itself "G3 PCI graphics"

maybe i should have bought a Sawtooth/AGP graphics after all. (though money was the decider and i needed a second machine.)

does any of this make sense or indicate a problem?

 

that was one of my first thoughts, that i had been sold a G4 with a G3 processor.

I have a Powerlogix 1.0 GHz G3 in the Blue and White and according to Powerlogix (now OtherWorld Computing, i think) the G3 will pop into the Yikes with no problem.

two things make me doubt that i have a G3 in the Yikes: one that the system profiler i.d.'s it as a G4, and also the fact that iLife '06 would not install on my blue and White G3 giving me an error message saying that a G4 was necessary, and it installed fine on the Yikes G4.

If someone knows if there is a way to eyeball the G4 and look for a marking, a S/N or something that would positively i.d. it as a G4 please tell me.

thanks for the responses and help. this is a good forum for newbie (me) and guru alike.

 

hey, that is a great link, thanks, i'm still checking it out.

and thanks for the tip dannewell15, i didn't know you could click on that and get some information.