400 mhz shows up as 250 mhz

I picked up two 400 mhz G3's over the weekend and installed 10.3.9. The processor shows up as 250mhz. It's a 400 mhz chip. I took the processor out of the other g3, same thing. Anyone have any suggestions??

Thanks,
Ryan

iMac Core Duo, PowerMac G3, iMac G3, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Apr 28, 2007 7:20 PM

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Apr 28, 2007 8:07 PM in response to Ryan L. Butterworth

The processor speed is controlled by jumper bar -- actually a set of jumpers that are semi-intertwined. The wrong jumper bar or the wrong jumpers can set the clock speed too low. They are on the motherboard, when shipped, they are under a dire warning that your warranty will be void if you think about touching them. You would not want to touch them until you learn how to set them.

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/yosemite/OC.html

Caution: running the processor without the heat sink in place is never recommended, but as these processor get faster, the heat Sink MUST be in place, or you can fry the chip. The clip that holds the heat sink is not symmetrical, and is intended to put maximum pressure directly over the processor die.

The individual jumpers are a smaller variety used in SCSI drives. They are 0.2 mm spacing, or 12.5/inch. The ones that you can get anywhere are 0.1 inch spacing, or 10/inch. Vendors often have no idea what they are selling, and designations like mini, micro and similar terms are often references only to jumper Height, not spacing.

Apr 28, 2007 9:04 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks for that.

It's quite weird though.

I bought two, one with a Rev. 2 logic board. Both still had the warranty sticker firmly applied, and both stated a 400mhz processor. I don't think they ever sold a B&W G3 at 250mhz, right?? Anyway, switched jumpers, and voila. 400mhz.

I do have another question. One has an IBM chip, and one has the Moto chip. Is there a difference?

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