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Hot Topics

» Jumper chart for OWC Mercury Extreme Processor Upgrades
» OWC Mercury G3 & G4 ZIF Quickstart Guide
» Using Final Cut Pro with processor upgrades
» OWC Mercury Extreme Installation Manual

Documentation

OWC Mercury Extreme G4 AGP Processor Upgrades
· Using Final Cut Pro with processor upgrades
Documentation for (3rd Gen - Current) OWC Mercury Processor Upgrades (Picture)
· Jumper chart / switch settings for speed adjustment
· OWC Mercury Extreme G4 Installation Manual - Fans plug onto accelerator - 9.2MB PDF
· OWC Mercury Extreme G4 Installation Manual - Fans plug inline with hard drive - 9.2MB PDF
Documentation for (2nd Gen - Current) OWC Mercury Processor Upgrades (Picture)
· OWC Mercury Cache Enabler / Speed Enabler - for 100MHz G4 systems ONLY if speed is not reported correctly.
· OWC Mercury Extreme G4 Installation Manual - All Speeds - PDF Format (72DPI, 332k)
Documentation for (1st Gen - Discontinued) OWC Mercury Processor Upgrades (Picture)
· Complete jumper chart for 1st Generation OWC Mercury Extreme Processor Upgrades
· OWC Mercury Extreme G4 Installation Manual - All Speeds - PDF Format (72DPI, 405k)
· OWC Mercury Extreme G4 Installation Video - Sawtooth/Gigabit Ethernet/QuickSilver/QuickSilver 2002

OWC Mercury ZIF Processor Upgrades
· OWC Mercury G3 or G4 ZIF Upgrade Instructions for Beige G3
· OWC Mercury G3 or G4 ZIF Upgrade Instructions for Blue & White G3 / G4 "Yikes"
· Jumper Settings Chart for Beige G3
· Jumper Settings Chart for Blue and White G3 / G4 "Yikes"
· Installing an OWC Mercury ZIF into an XLR8 ZIF Carrier Card
· OWC Mercury ZIF Processor Upgrade Troubleshooting/Q&A
· Information about Royal VRM modules and G4 Processors
· Apple ZIF ROM Revision Guide for Beige G3
· How to install your new ZIF ROM Module

Downloads

OWC Mercury ZIF Processor Upgrades
· OWC Mercury G3 & G4 ZIF Quickstart Guide - PDF Format (72DPI, 180k)
· Blue & White G4 Enabler / Firmware Updater (courtesy of Newer Technology) BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· L2 Cache Config - Adjust the speed of your backside Cache under Mac OS X
· CPU Director - Adjust the speed, ratio, and cache on your processor (courtesy of PowerLogix)

Uni-north ASIC Firmware Checker Software

Downloads

MAXpowr 2.0.x Installers
· MAXpowr 2.0.3 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· MAXpowr 2.0.4 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· MAXpowr 2.0.5 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· MAXpowr 2.0.5J Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

MAXpowr G3 PDS
· MAXpowr G3 PDS v1.0.3 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

MAXpowr MP
· MAXpowr MP 1.1 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

MAXpowr System Update
· MAXpowr System Update 1.0 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

MAXpowr Mac OS X Installer
· MAXpowr Mac OS X Installer 1.0 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

Blue & White G4 Enabler
· Blue & White G4 Enabler BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

Newer's 7.5 Update Fix
· Newer's 7.5 Update Fix 0.9b2 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

FireWire 2 Go Enabler
· FireWire 2 Go Enabler 1.0.1 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

EtherTech
· EtherTech Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

RenderPix
· RenderPIX 1.8.2 Update BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· RenderPIX 1.8.3b4 Update BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

uDrive
· American uDrive Driver Install BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· Japanese uDrive Driver Install BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

uFlash/uSCSI
· American uFlash/uSCSI Install BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· Japanese uFlash/uSCSI Install BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

NUpowr
· NUpowr Cache 1.2 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· NUpowr G3 v1.0.3 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· NUpowr System Update BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

Utilities
· GURU 2.9 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· Gauge PRO 1.0.2 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· Gauge PRO 1.1 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· SpellTools 1.3.3 Installer BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· VSO IIFX 2.0 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· VSO Si 2.2 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· VSO Q700 1.0 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

Variable Speed OverDrive
· VSO Q900 1.0 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· VSO Q950 1.01 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

Misc
· LinkCom Modem Scripts BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· PowerPump 1.0.1 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x
· Quadra Cache 1.1 BinHex or Stuffit 5.x

PC Installers
· uFlash Compact Flash Reader 1.0 ZIP
· uFlash SmartMedia 1.0 ZIP
· PC uSCSI 1.0 ZIP