Bondi iMac 233MHz Mod

By Jay Savage

anil8tor over at MacMod posted new docs on overclocking the original 233MHz iMac over the weekend. Apparently, they run nicely at 300MHz, a nearly 30% gain, without extra cooling.

This is a neat little hack–and I do mean little: the jumpers on this board are miniscule. I have a soft spot in my heart for these machines; they'll always be "the one that got away." I spent a lot of time drooling over them, but they never quite fit into my upgrade plan; none of the CRT iMacs ever made it onto my desk. Of course, 300MHz still isn't much these days and you won't be playing Quake III Gold after this mod. These are sturdy little machines, though. Loaded up with Yellow Dog, or XPostFacto and your favorite OS X flavor, they make great jukeboxes and light duty mail, file, or LAMP servers, in the original case or an iRack. 300MHZ will (fortunately) still filter a lot of spam.

[thanks Anthony!]
 

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