Apple Core Solo to Core Duo upgrade.

[Charles Wirth]

And the distributed processesing community as well. Showing how strong they are will surely attract buyers for low cost, low power, dual processor nodes.

[bernie_the_one]

Thanks FUGGER for this great work again!

Since about 2 hours my mini runs with a core duo 2,16 GHz, absolutly flawlessly, im very happy with it!

And it is very speedy now!

If someone wants me to do some benchmarking please respond and tell me how to do it, i think it would be very informative to have benchmarks for a mac min core duo 2,16 GHZ with 2 GIG RAM and a 7200 rpm drive (100 GIG).

[serpent]

thats my exact setup I will try to do some bench marks over this weekend

[ComatoseTed]

can the macbook pro, the mac mini or the imac be overclocked?
is it possible to copy the firmware from the 2.18 to the 1.83?
or can you get into the EFI and clock it from there? or is it a hardware transistor on the motherboard?

I would like to know! PLEASE!

[kaidomac]

Fugger, i'm in the process of upgrading my mini to 2,16 GHz like you did, i upgraded the mini with 2 GIG of RAM , a 100 GB 7200 rpm Drive and a Pioneer DVR-K06. Everything seems to work flawless so far, tomorrow i will get the ES 2,16 GHz dual-core CPU and will drop in this last part of my update.

Hope it works! Some picts and maybe a .mov which shows how to replace the cpu will be posted on the web soon.

Any recommendations for extra-cooling or is there nothing more needed?

Thanks for this great thread, will point back to your forum in my posts.

-- bernie

Did you need to use PatchBurn to get the DVR-K06 to work?

[bernie_the_one]

Did you need to use PatchBurn to get the DVR-K06 to work?

No Patchburn needed for me. Starting from an OSX CD works great, Burning in the Finder or TOAST works, iTunes works, iDVD not tested yet. DVD-RAM works via Disk-Utility and Finder, so nothing more needed for me..

[faquin]

Hello
Did someone tryed the new firmware for the mac mini? Can we still change the processor or did Apple blocked it??

[bernie_the_one]

Hello
Did someone tryed the new firmware for the mac mini? Can we still change the processor or did Apple blocked it??

No Problem here, Firmware and update to 10.4.6 runs smoothly. WIN XP flys under the 2.16 dual mini with BootCamp!

[thegreek]

No Problem here, Firmware and update to 10.4.6 runs smoothly. WIN XP flys under the 2.16 dual mini with BootCamp!

can you run some benches in xp with the mini?

[Magnj]

yes please do!

[bernie_the_one]

can you run some benches in xp with the mini?

Tell me what bench-programs and who to load and what to do then i will tell you how is it going...

[trickydickie]

I do not have spd programmer, I am close to manufacture to where they will build what I need.

I have DDR2 to SODIMM adapters, I can test SODIMM in P5WD2-E.

It has a pretty good fan on it, upgrading the heatsink to copper is very possible since the mounting is standard. It would be very easy to install a water block and run the water lines out the air duct in the back of it.

This block fits, even a gimpy water rig is more than enough on this cpu.

Can you tell me where you got yr DDR2 SODIMM to DIMM adapters - I am after some to test some SODIMM's on my DFI 915P board.

[Charles Wirth]

I have them at my office but if you can find the image, call the phone number printed on them so they can send you updated catalog.

[sauria]

Thanks FUGGER for this great work again!

Since about 2 hours my mini runs with a core duo 2,16 GHz, absolutly flawlessly, im very happy with it!

And it is very speedy now!

If someone wants me to do some benchmarking please respond and tell me how to do it, i think it would be very informative to have benchmarks for a mac min core duo 2,16 GHZ with 2 GIG RAM and a 7200 rpm drive (100 GIG).

I'd love to see XBench results! Thanks!
http://xbench.com/

[kb9skw]

FUGGER, the datasheet shows that the Core CPUs use BSEL encoding for BCLK frequency, so a simple wire in the socket mod should do the trick to overclock the CPUs.
133 (533) and 166 (667) are clearly marked, with two other options set as "RESERVED". 10 to 1 the two reserved are 200 (800) and 266 (1066) frequencies.

Would you be willing to try this?

[\Karting_freak]

@FUGGER
how do you test sodimm mem @ p5wd2?
does it work if i simply plug it?

do you have a scheme of so-dimm programmer? i know where to find ddr1 one, but not so-dimm ((

[hide5b2a]

Fugger,
I have a stupid question for you.
Is the upgrade plug n play?
My friend is working at intel and probably able to get me a cheap core duo chip.
I really don't know anything beyond normal usage of the computer.
I need a core duo mini to play HD movie.
If it is truely plug n play, I definately want to upgrade it.
Thanks

[antipop]

You just have to open the mini, disassmble the inside, remove the heatsink, switch cpu and reassemble everything. It's as simple as that

[Charles Wirth]

Its just plug and play.

I would suggest researching the dissassembly of the mini before doing so, having pictures to where the clips will save you a lot of time and damage to the case.

[hide5b2a]

Thanks for the answer,
One more question.....
do you guys think $155 for a 1.83Ghz core duo is a good deal?
I wish I could get a 2.0, but 1.83 is what I can get.
Thank you

[\Karting_freak]

FUGGER
any news on installing xp on mac?
was in apple center here in moscow today. everything ran smoothly. could even play nfs:mw ))

[sauria]

Here is a good video of the process of disassembly:
http://media.macsales.com/videos/min...l/highres.html

[\Karting_freak]

how many hdds can i plug into mini?
which ones are they?

[Charles Wirth]

Only one spot for hard drive and nothing else.

[\Karting_freak]

@fugger
can some more spots be brazed on mobo? no expansion slots in mini like pci, right?