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eBay: Quicksilver Server?

An item on eBay surfaced... which claims to be a Macintosh G4 Quicksilver 2002 Server Logic Board



This board was used briefly in a test system. It was used less than 12 hours.



* 800 MHz or 933 MHz PowerPC G4 processor; or dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors

* Four (4) 64-bit PCI Slots

* Four (4) DDR RAM slots (yes, DDR!)

* Velocity Engine vector processing unit

* Full 128-bit internal memory data paths

* Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations

* Data stream prefetching operations supporting four simultaneous 32-bit data streams

* 256K on-chip L2 cache running at processor speed

* 2 MB DDR SDRAM L3 cache per processor, with up to 4 GB per second throughput (933 MHz and dual 1 GHz systems)

* 133 MHz system bus supporting over 1 GBps data throughput



Not sure what it is... as it doesn't look like the current Quicksilver motherboard.



* In the photo, it appears "reversed" with the PCI slots on the "wrong" side.

* It contains the same Airport Card slot as current Quicksilvers

* does appear to have 4 DDR Ram slots. Current Quicksilvers only have 3 ram slots.



Update: According to xlr8yourmac's Webmaster



    well I now know what it is (the DDR MB mentioned in the main www.xlr8yourmac.com news page today) - but I can't mention the specifics...



    Prototype apple motherboards are red - so that should be one clue.



    I suspect once it's seen by the mothership that the auction will be closed.


    Let's just say the next G4s are going to be interesting ;-)



Update: Auction Pulled!





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128 months ago
An item on eBay surfaced... which claims to be a Macintosh G4 Quicksilver 2002 Server Logic Board

* 800 MHz or 933 MHz PowerPC G4 processor; or dual 1 GHz PowerPC G4 processors
* Four (4) 64-bit PCI Slots
* Four (4) DDR RAM slots (yes, DDR!)
* Velocity Engine vector processing unit
* Full 128-bit internal memory data paths
* Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations
* Data stream prefetching operations supporting four simultaneous 32-bit data streams
* 256K on-chip L2 cache running at processor speed
* 2 MB DDR SDRAM L3 cache per processor, with up to 4 GB per second throughput (933 MHz and dual 1 GHz systems)
* 133 MHz system bus supporting over 1 GBps data throughput

Not sure what it is... as I doubt it is as advertised...
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128 months ago
my 2 cents...

it doesn't look my Quicksilver Dual 800 motherboard.

It's clearly got 4 dimm slots... current Macs have 3.

arn
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128 months ago
Whoa Nelly!

Now this is an interesting piece. Does anyone know if the board, by just looking at the picture, is the same board shape as in a current QuickSilver?

It makes for interesting conversation regardless.

And why is it red? I've never seen Apple use a red cicuit board before.
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128 months ago

Originally posted by dukestreet
Whoa Nelly!

Now this is an interesting piece. Does anyone know if the board, by just looking at the picture, is the same board shape as in a current QuickSilver?

It makes for interesting conversation regardless.

And why is it red? I've never seen Apple use a red cicuit board before.


Pic of the current Quicksilver motherboard: http://homepage.mac.com/macspeedzone/.Public/images/hardw/reviews/comp/a/quicksilver/733/heatsink.jpg - looks the same as my Dual 800.

Note the image in the ebay item looks "reversed" - in that the slots are on the wrong side... note, this could be a simple "flipping" on the image that was done at some point in the picture->upload process

arn
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128 months ago
couldn't find any info on the seller( location, etc).

he's only sold OS 9, X and FCP in the past.

it says its from a test system-if so, apple may still technically own this( if its real) and this item may disappear off E-bay when apple finds out.

may be a hoax or glimpse into the future:)
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128 months ago
On the bottom of the page, the listing says that all hardware is refurbished unless otherwise noted. So, if this is to be believed, this board has been out and used, and then returned and refurbished.

If that's true, don't you think we would have heard about it before now?
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128 months ago
Strange, if it is truly a mac server board, and never has been released before, how can it be on ebay?????
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128 months ago
It says that it is using DDR, however, he says the Bus speed is 133 mhz. I don't smoke crack, so isn't that impossible? Last time I checked you needed to be at a higher system bus to run DDR?
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128 months ago
If that's it then it isn't built for a standard heat sink. Too close to the side.
:confused: :eek: :) :confused: :) :confused:
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128 months ago
Here is a copy of the picture flipped to the correct way. Do the ports line up for the back of the current case? I am in the land of the G3.

[image removed per apple legal]
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