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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 519928" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>Have you opened it to verify that it's a sawtooth? If it is, the heatsink on the CPU will be very large and the board will look like this (sorry if this is really basic, I don't know what your knowledge of the inner workings of computers is, I mean no offense at all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />):</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-G4-Logic-Board-Sawtooth-AGP-Rev-2-661-2302_W0QQitemZ220166649017QQihZ012QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-G4-Logic-Board-Sawtooth-AGP-Rev-2-661-2302_W0QQitemZ220166649017QQihZ012QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p>Note that the top (rightmost) slot on the left side of the pic is brown and set farther back on the board than the other 3 white slots. That'd be an AGP slot.</p><p></p><p>Compare that to a G3/G4 Yikes! board (which, unfortunately, is pictured from a different perspective):</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-Logic-Board-Motherboard-Blue-White-G3_W0QQitemZ160175219517QQihZ006QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-Logic-Board-Motherboard-Blue-White-G3_W0QQitemZ160175219517QQihZ006QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a></p><p>The leftmost slot on the right side of the pic is white like the other 3, and the front edge lines up with the other 3 as well. The CPU heatsink (silver thing at the back of the pic) is also very small.</p><p></p><p>As far as upgrades go, take a look at this post and see if it helps you at all. I posted it in another sawtooth upgrade thread last night:</p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=519332&postcount=4" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=519332&postcount=4</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 519928, member: 34442"] Have you opened it to verify that it's a sawtooth? If it is, the heatsink on the CPU will be very large and the board will look like this (sorry if this is really basic, I don't know what your knowledge of the inner workings of computers is, I mean no offense at all :)): [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-G4-Logic-Board-Sawtooth-AGP-Rev-2-661-2302_W0QQitemZ220166649017QQihZ012QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] Note that the top (rightmost) slot on the left side of the pic is brown and set farther back on the board than the other 3 white slots. That'd be an AGP slot. Compare that to a G3/G4 Yikes! board (which, unfortunately, is pictured from a different perspective): [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Macintosh-Logic-Board-Motherboard-Blue-White-G3_W0QQitemZ160175219517QQihZ006QQcategoryZ25439QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] The leftmost slot on the right side of the pic is white like the other 3, and the front edge lines up with the other 3 as well. The CPU heatsink (silver thing at the back of the pic) is also very small. As far as upgrades go, take a look at this post and see if it helps you at all. I posted it in another sawtooth upgrade thread last night: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=519332&postcount=4[/url] [/QUOTE]
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