[ThinkDifferent]

have fun changing the processor in the Mac Pro. :)

Already been done.

We grabbed a pair of 2.4GHz Clovertown samples and tossed them in the system, and to our pleasure, they worked just fine. Our samples used a 1066MHz FSB, although we're expecting the final chip to use a 1333MHz FSB, but the most important part of the test is that all 8 cores were detected and functional.

[Liberal Classic]

Cool post!

[Echo Talon]

By far the biggest problem with upgrading the CPUs in the Mac Pro is gaining access to them. While Apple made it very easy to upgrade memory, storage and PCIe cards in the Mac Pro, getting access to the CPUs is considerably more difficult. The entire process would be made much easier if we were able to remove the memory cage, but as we mentioned in our last article the standoffs that the cage is screwed into would not remain in place while we unscrewed the cage. To make a long story short, we weren't able to remove the memory cage without stripping the screws that held it in place, so we had to come up with an alternative solution; luckily we were able to do just that.

Same article! LOL.. I can be done, just a pain in arse!

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[Echo Talon]

PC's cant do anything? hmm check out this thread... OMG this guy is awesome... pretty sweet bird he is making.. and he is using a pretty old PC also! only a single AMD 3200+ / 2GB RAM.

Take a look!

the thread is pretty long he also has some test animations up