I've purchase this ZIF SONNET Encore 1GHz CPU upgrade for this machine from a seller in Japan, so this machine's on its way to being pimped out!!!

I've upgraded the system's PROM to take this CPU, as I wait for it to arrive from Japan:

This is the system's hard drive setup:

This is what it currently looks like on the inside:

In order to complete this build I still need to fit it with a Belkin USB 2.0 PCI card, A ZIP Drive (I already have the bezel) and 1GB of matched PC100 RAM (4x256MB DIMMS)

Then it will be completely MAXXED out! 😀

Wow, I had to zoom in on some of those images to ensure myself that it wasn't just 3D rendered images ... That purple heatsink looks easy too clean too be real 🤣

H3nrik V! wrote on 2024-06-19, 16:57:

Wow, I had to zoom in on some of those images to ensure myself that it wasn't just 3D rendered images ... That purple heatsink looks easy too clean too be real 🤣

That's the reason why I absolutely had to have it!

The heatsinks on these modules often have imperfections in their anodised finish and this one's perfect! 😀

My Sonnet Encore ZIF G4 1000MHz (1GHz) / 1M Processor Upgrade's on the way to me from Japan and I've successfully flashed the G3 B&W to accept it. In all the pictures of the CPU I haven't seen any evidence that the required jumper block has been shipped with it, so as a precaution I did some digging and was able to screen grab this image of the correct jumper positions off a YouTube video

And this image to verify the orientation of the jumper block: (As it shows the position of the little tab)

This info may be useful to anyone else who purchases one of these SONNETS!

My ZIF SONNET 1GHz G4 CPU Upgrade arrived form Japan today and it's now fitted and working perfectly:

Here's the updated System Info:

Here's the new Blender Test Result: (test.blend)

It's pretty much twice the speed of the 450MHz G3, so it's performing as advertised!!! 😀

Here's the Quake 3 Time Demo Four Result:

With these settings:

Here are some more shots of the machine:

That looks great. Any fun plans for this machine?

I carried out some tests on the Sonnet upgraded G3 B&W and have come to some interesting conclusions! (It's a significant upgrade in some ways, but not so significant in others!

just an FYI, since you also post your images on imgur, people also leave you comments & questions there.