I picked up a couple of 15" g4 lampshades REALLY cheap almost free! One is a 700 with a dimming screen but everything else works perfectly. The other is an 800 with a faulty I/O where only external HDD and DVD drive will work, but all else works and a perfect screen. At first I figured I would just take the top shell and screen off the 800 and put in on the 700 base, but then I got thinking, can I swap out the 700 cpu for the 800?
I have worked on pc's for over a decade and have pulled apart older ibooks, imacs and mini's to upgrade the innards so I am not afraid of doing this if it is possible. I need to know if the cpu's are soldered on the main boards or not. If they are soldered, no, it's not worth the effort to swap. If they are not soldered , I have nothing to lose.
Thanks.
I have worked on pc's for over a decade and have pulled apart older ibooks, imacs and mini's to upgrade the innards so I am not afraid of doing this if it is possible. I need to know if the cpu's are soldered on the main boards or not. If they are soldered, no, it's not worth the effort to swap. If they are not soldered , I have nothing to lose.
Thanks.