PPC 604E processors

[Framiga]

ah ok, if you find someone who can do BGA reworking/reballing then yes, no problems.

edit- IMHO the worse problem, seems to be reworking an already populated PCB (very populated in the CSPPC) and then sometimes the fault is not the CPU itself but some broken traces in some internal layer.

A guy here in Italy, tryed to send the CSPPC to an italian BGA specialist (he fixed/X-rayed some traces also).

[Lunarnut]

Also - The PowerPC 604e draws 18W at 233 MHz. The PowerPC 604ev, 604r or "Mach 5" (the faster one) draws 6W at 250 MHz.

1/3 of the power...probably a lot less heat...might be able to go fanless. What's that fan thingie mounted on in the photo link you posted?

[Framiga]

to cool down the RAM controller chip, that goes very hot sometimes.

[MRamos]

just my 2 cents ...

I had a training class some weeks ago with AIX in a machine (IBM F150) and when I saw config with lsconf command I was surprised with two PPCs 604e@375MHz,
and since then I'm very curious if it's possible to use this processor as a replacement too. :idea:


It would be great to have a CSPPC running at 375MHz :crazy:

Maurício Ramos    

[Agafaster]

has anyone considered whether the pinouts of these cpus match ?