Sawtooth upgrade to dual proc...hmmm...
I have always read that you must check older AGP G4s to be sure that the Uni-North chipset revision is 7 or greater to upgrade to dual processors, but the articles seem to always refer to OS9 when they mention the incompatibility. I know that they ALSO say that you can only use 1.5 GB of RAM in the Sawtooth, whereas OS X will happily recognize the maximum 2GB that you can physically put in the machine.
Does anybody know if OS X can utilize dual processors on an older-rev logic board? I have a "Sawtooth" AGP G4 with Uni-N rev. 3. I already have a 1.2GHz GigaDesigns single-processor upgrade clocked at 1.3 and stable as the day is long, but I WANT dual processors. Digital Performer and lotsa plugs chew up CPU like candy.
It's either this or spend two or three times as much money on a MDD Dual 1.25 or something. Don't have the cash to be looking at G5s.
I'm not holding out much hope here, but I'd feel really stupid if I didn't ask and it WAS possible...
Does anybody know if OS X can utilize dual processors on an older-rev logic board? I have a "Sawtooth" AGP G4 with Uni-N rev. 3. I already have a 1.2GHz GigaDesigns single-processor upgrade clocked at 1.3 and stable as the day is long, but I WANT dual processors. Digital Performer and lotsa plugs chew up CPU like candy.
It's either this or spend two or three times as much money on a MDD Dual 1.25 or something. Don't have the cash to be looking at G5s.
I'm not holding out much hope here, but I'd feel really stupid if I didn't ask and it WAS possible...
