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Power Macintosh Upgrade
Card
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Basics
Power Macintosh Upgrade Card
Basics General Compatibility Information - 1


General Compatibility Information
The Power Macintosh Upgrade Card is compatible with any
68040 Macintosh computer that has a processor-direct
(PDS) slot. Once installed, the Upgrade Card doubles the
processing speed of the computer.

The illustrations on the following pages indicate which
Macintosh computers are compatible with the Power
Macintosh Upgrade Card and highlight the location of the PDS
slot in each machine.

Note: The Power Macintosh Upgrade Card does not support AV
functions. Customers wanting to upgrade an AV machine to a
PowerPC microprocessor must purchase a PowerPC Logic
Board Upgrade Kit.
Basics General Compatibility Information - 2


Centris/Quadra 610
The Power Macintosh Card
can be installed in the PDS
slot of the Macintosh Centris
610/Quadra 610 as shown
in the figure on the left.

Note: The Centris 610/
Quadra 610 requires an
adapter to install the Power
Macintosh Upgrade Card.
Basics General Compatibility Information - 3


Centris/Quadra 650
The Power Macintosh Card
can be installed in the PDS
slot of the Macintosh Centris
650/Quadra 650 as shown
at left.
Basics General Compatibility Information - 4


Quadra 700
The Power Macintosh Card
can be installed in the PDS
slot of the Macintosh Quadra
700 as shown at left.
Basics General Compatibility Information - 5


Quadra 800
The Power Macintosh Card
can be installed in the PDS
slot of the Macintosh Quadra
800 as shown at left.
Basics General Compatibility Information - 6


Quadra 900/950
The Power Macintosh Card
can be installed in the PDS
slot of the Macintosh Quadra
900/950 as shown at left.
Basics Illustrated View - 7


Illustrated View
The graphic at left shows the
Power Macintosh Card.
Basics Installation Procedures - 8


Installation
Procedures
The graphic at left illus-
trates the procedure for
installing the Power
Macintosh card in the
Macintosh Centris 650/
Quadra 650.

Note: You must remove the
expansion port cover from
the computer's rear panel.
Basics Installation Procedures - 9

The graphic at left illus-
trates the procedure for
installing the Power
Macintosh card in the
Macintosh Quadra 700.

Note: You must remove the
expansion port cover from
the computer's rear panel.
Basics Installation Procedures - 10

The graphic at left illus-
trates the procedure for
installing the Power
Macintosh card in the
Macintosh Quadra 800.

Note: You must remove the
expansion port cover from
the computer's rear panel.
Basics Installation Procedures - 11

The graphic at left illus-
trates the procedure for
installing the Power
Macintosh card in the
Macintosh Quadra 900/950.

Note: You must remove the
expansion port cover from
the computer's rear panel.
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Specifications
Power Macintosh Upgrade Card
Specifications Power Macintosh Upgrade Card - 1


Power Macintosh Upgrade Card

PowerPC 601 RISC Power Macintosh card increases computer speeds as follows:
Microprocessor
Computer 040 Frequency 601 Frequency

Quadra 950 33 MHz 66 MHz

Quadra 900 25 MHz 50 MHz

Quadra 800 33 MHz 66 MHz

Quadra 700 25 MHz 50 MHz

Quadra 650 33 MHz 66 MHz

Quadra 610 25 MHz 50 MHz

Centris 650 25 MHz 50 MHz

Centris 610 20 MHz 40 MHz
Specifications Power Macintosh Upgrade Card - 2

System Software Requires system software version 7.1.2 or later


DRAM System you are upgrading with the Power Macintosh Upgrade Card
must have a minimum of 8 MB of RAM


ROM 4 MB of ROM


SRAM 1 MB of cache
Specifications Power Macintosh Upgrade Card - 3

Environmental

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