Power Mac G5 processor in a G4

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Does anybody know if it is at all possible to place a G5 processor into a G4?

i have a G4 Powermac running 400mhz 512mb ram and i wanted to upgrade to a faster processor. i have managed to get hold of a G5 1.8ghz processor from a friend as his logic board broke, he is sending me it in the post as we speak.

by googling around i have noticed that they are different to say the least but is their any way of converting this?

thanks, james.;D
 
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Al iMac 20" 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
No chance.

Even if you did get it in and cool it properly, the architecture of the motherboard won't support it and the EFI wouldn't have a clue what to do with the G5. It won't even boot.
 
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Silver M1 iMac 512/16/8/8 macOS 11.6
Say the least is absolutely correct and as Alexis says no way. Go to OWC and look for CPU upgrades there from Sonnet, Mercury Extreme etc.
 

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