08-22-2006, 09:19 PM
Yeah, this is pretty easy to do--I dropped an 867Mhz CPU into my 466Mhz.
Here's the deal: the 466 motherboard has 3 posts to mount the CPU on. You'll mount the dual 1Ghz on those three, and then run a 12v line to the fourth hole. The fourth post in the QS runs the 12V to the board, but there's no fourth post in the DA.
The easiest way to do is is to get 12V from the power lines running to the hard drives. You need to get little Y cord/, which is usually used to get power extra hard drives when the you've run out of power outlets for them. The Y cord plugs into the existing power outlet (little white block of plastic mounted on four wires, usually), and then gives you two outlets. You run one to your existing hard drive, and take the 12V line (usually yellow, use meter to check) from the other outlet to the fourth mounting hole. I just snipped the 12V line loose with a wire cutter, stripped the insulation off the end, ran it through the fourth mounting hole, and then twisted it back around itself, very tightly. I didn't solder it, and haven't needed to, once I realized that it needs to be twisted very tightly. It came loose one time, and my DA wouldn't boot. I retwisted it, very tightly, and have had no problems for years.
Obviously, use really good static control (I'd get one of those wrist grounding strips, myself), don't do any wire cutting over the motherboard, and all should be well.
Here's the deal: the 466 motherboard has 3 posts to mount the CPU on. You'll mount the dual 1Ghz on those three, and then run a 12v line to the fourth hole. The fourth post in the QS runs the 12V to the board, but there's no fourth post in the DA.
The easiest way to do is is to get 12V from the power lines running to the hard drives. You need to get little Y cord/, which is usually used to get power extra hard drives when the you've run out of power outlets for them. The Y cord plugs into the existing power outlet (little white block of plastic mounted on four wires, usually), and then gives you two outlets. You run one to your existing hard drive, and take the 12V line (usually yellow, use meter to check) from the other outlet to the fourth mounting hole. I just snipped the 12V line loose with a wire cutter, stripped the insulation off the end, ran it through the fourth mounting hole, and then twisted it back around itself, very tightly. I didn't solder it, and haven't needed to, once I realized that it needs to be twisted very tightly. It came loose one time, and my DA wouldn't boot. I retwisted it, very tightly, and have had no problems for years.
Obviously, use really good static control (I'd get one of those wrist grounding strips, myself), don't do any wire cutting over the motherboard, and all should be well.