Increaseing Ghz from 1 to 2Ghz

It is just not possible to upgrade the processor in a eMac.

The processor is a part off the logic board, called "on-board-chip". So you can not replace or upgrade the processor inside the eMac.

It is for example also not possible to upgrade the videocard because that is also a "on-board-chip".

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The only option you have is to 'over clock' your CPU. Look around on the web there are a few sites seems you can take a 1GHz to around 1.33 or maybe 1.42 but no higher or course the trade off is higher CPU temp shorter CPU life and even other component failure.
I would NOT even attempt this as the 4 tiny tiny little 'jumpers' you have to unsolder and re-solder are no bigger than 2mm and could get lost or damaged making your machine a very nice paper weight !!

Kali.

No, the RAMM is not a on-board-chip.

In the eMac are 2 RAMM slot's available for memory.

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Is this the eMac you have?

Then you can replace or upgrade the following part's:
-HardDisk
-Memory
-Airport
-Bluetooth

Memory
The maximum you can add is 2x 512 MB 144 pin PC133 SO-DIMM. That would make a total off 1024 MB.
Make sure you have exact these specs: 144 pin PC133 SO-DIMM

Upgrading the memory will improve your eMac a lot! Tiger itself does already need 512 MB to run smooth. So at least 1024 mb is strongly recommended!

Hard Disk:
You can install every IDE or ATA 3.5 inch HD. (No S-ATA HD's ! )

If you replace the Apple stock drive for a faster HD then you will also have some improvements.
But this will only be noticeable if you use Hard-Disk-Intensive applications.

Airport and Bluetooth:
This is only for wireless conectivity.

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I have this eMac..1Ghz with the ATI graphics. I just recently got done shopping for and replacing the RAM. It can be confusing...especially since the Apple store no longer gives the eMac as an option in it's memory shopping page that I can find. I was confused about the 144 pin and 168 pin RAM as well.

I'm pretty sure the RAM for this computer is 168 pin PC-133 from what I found. That is what I installed, and what was in the memory slot that shipped from Apple when I purchased the computer.

Please correct me if I'm wrong?

Apple 1Ghz eMac specs


Julie


eMac 1ghz iMac 400 Graphite iMac 450 Indigo iMac 500 Snow Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Julie, thanks for correcting me! Apparently i was confused!

These are the right spec's:
maximum off 2x 512 MB 168 pin PC133 SDRAM DIMM

No problem..I was hesitant to post, didn't want to "step on anyone's toes" so to speak. Especially since most of my apple forum use is reading, and not posting. But I've also been through purchasing the wrong RAM, and having to return it. It's frustrating.

Thank you for the gracious response.

Julie

eMac 1ghz iMac 400 Graphite iMac 450 Indigo iMac 500 Snow Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Is there an option to replace the entire board? Perhaps from a "newer" eMac? I, like James, need to upgrade processor speed, and already figured out the futility of overclocking (at least for me...don't trust my hands with this). OWC doesn't offer a solution, so I figure this would be my last option.
The only reason for this is so my kids can play newer games on their eMac, instead of my PB.
You'd think Apple, or someone, might have a spare board lying around.
Mark

Mark, Welcome to the Apple Discussions!

A lot off people did what you mentioned above and experienced a lot off problems! There are also a few people who added a faster logic and didn't have any problems. With few i do mean really really few

I would strongly recommend NOT to do this! (But, ofcourse you could be one off the lucky...)

Hi Mark,

You'd need to see the boards side by side. The eMac uses its case as a heatsink for some of the chips, so the board would have to have all the chips in the same place, and all the screw holes, connectors, etc.

It's a shame that Apple didn't keep this type of body style for the younger users. It's a lot sturdier than the newer, sleeker iMacs. My 7 year old is constantly "pointing things out" on the screen, usually with some pressure for emphasis.
As for the mother boards, you'd think, without actually having seen one, the 1.25 GHz eMac's board should be the same as the 1 GHz, save the actual CPU and any accomodation for the heatsink (not sure if it would be much larger).

As for fodder on another subject ('cuz I did it last night), I need to reformat the HD more on this than on any other Apple I've had (back to the IIc). Bigger games tend to crash (ie Disney Incredibles). It (eMac) also tends to misbehave when I run diagnostics (techtools pro 4.01), trying to id the slowdown...leading to reformats.
Can't wait to afford a new set of Macs...maybe by this summer.

Mark

Maybe.

I had to move and service more eMacs than I would like to have done, and the things weigh a tonne and are hefty to move and rotate. I'm glad to see the back of them and their high voltage exposed wiring internals.

PS: Sounds like your eMac's hard drive might be the cause of many of your problems. I've seen a lot of the Maxtor 60GB's they shipped with fail outside warranty.

Hi.

I did follow on sites procedure for overclocking my G4 Digital Audio Power Mac. People on these sites maintained the G4 would be stable afterwards. Well, even though the speed was there, and it worked fine while I did nothing but drool over the system profiler window, as soon as I asked it to work, it fell over - froze and just plain behaved like a dos box.

No thanks, no more overclocking for me. So I supplemented by 500Mhz Powermac with an eMac I scored very cheaply.

I would say to anyone, overclocking isnt worth it, even if you are going to end up lucky, you dont know that and you could ruin your computer instead.

The cheapest upgrade path for me was the eMac and Im very happy. The Power Mac is going, sadly.

For what I do the eMac is fine and is nearly double the speed of the PM. Although the PM is the classier machine, the eMac for me is far superior. Though I wonder if the eMac will last as long. Yea, pity about the CRT (us consumers should not be encouraged to do things inside definately) but hey it was a bargain. The PMs usb is much faster than the eMac's though. Thats the only downside as far as I can tell. The eMac is what I did instead of overclocking.