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Upgrading Mac Mini G4?

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jerseyjim0

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Is it possible to upgrade the mac mini g4 to a intel processor or some other processor thats faster? Or motherboard upgrades? Well i appericate the help, and i hope there is an upgrade
 
You can upgrade it as far as a 1.67Ghz G4 I believe. You'll get more speed out of her by putting in a faster 7200rpm hard drive, and more RAM if you haven't already.
 
nick9191 said:
You can upgrade it as far as a 1.67Ghz G4 I believe. You'll get more speed out of her by putting in a faster 7200rpm hard drive, and more RAM if you haven't already.
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it already has 1gb RAM, and so putting a bigger HD in ill get little more? What kind of HD would i need for the g4 mac? I just want little more GHZ out of it, i need to find a way!!!!!!!1 THanks for the help!
 
jerseyjim0 said:
it already has 1gb RAM, and so putting a bigger HD in ill get little more? What kind of HD would i need for the g4 mac? I just want little more GHZ out of it, i need to find a way!!!!!!!1 THanks for the help!
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It has to be ATA, and you can't get any more "GHz" out of it.
 
It may be possible to get an Intel logic board in there...but from my experience, an Intel mini logic board costs almost as much as a brand new Intel mini itself, so it's not really worth it.

But, even though I have a 1.83 Ghz Intel mini, my daily computing is done on my iBook G4 1.33 GHz, and it's definitely sufficient for basic needs.

Max out the RAM, get a faster hard drive, and your mini should be pretty speedy. 🙂
 
jerseyjim0 said:
yeah its a 1.25. Really? i would only like little more, i would even to try to upgrade the motherboard.
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You can take it up to 1.42, max the memory and drop in a better hard drive. Thats about it. All you need to take it to 1.42 is a sharp razor blade.🙂
 
Dont Hurt Me said:
You can take it up to 1.42, max the memory and drop in a better hard drive. Thats about it. All you need to take it to 1.42 is a sharp razor blade.🙂
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I remember hearing that you could upgrade it to the 1.67 found in the Powerbooks at the time. Or is it a different chipset.
 
The CPU is soldered to the logicboard. It would be major surgery to change the processor for such a minimal gain.
 
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