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Unknown Mac Performa 630 motherboard

flaviosr

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Hello to everybody,
I have been given a Performa 630 motherboard (or at least I think that's it) but I do not know which type... there an unknown (for me) upgrade on the top.
Can anybody help me to solve the mistery?
I have been told it should work but I have to find a suitable computer to mount it... which type do I have to look for?
Thank you
 

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Thank you to both... I think this time I had a lot of luck.
Now I have to find a Performa 630 to test... :-|
 
Thank you to both... I think this time I had a lot of luck.
Now I have to find a Performa 630 to test... :-|

That same board will work inside a Performa 6200 as well (but not the 6300 from what I know). You can often get a 6200 for pretty cheap, but be advised plastics are VERY brittle and it may not survive shipping.
 
That same board will work inside a Performa 6200 as well (but not the 6300 from what I know). You can often get a 6200 for pretty cheap, but be advised plastics are VERY brittle and it may not survive shipping.

Any mac with that specific backplane connector is interchangeable. I've put a 630 in my Performa 6360 and it worked fine. And by extension, you can also put it in a 64xx and 6500, and swap those boards interchangeably as well.

I upgraded my 6360 to 180 MHz with a 6400/180 logic board swap.
 
Any mac with that specific backplane connector is interchangeable. I've put a 630 in my Performa 6360 and it worked fine. And by extension, you can also put it in a 64xx and 6500, and swap those boards interchangeably as well.

I upgraded my 6360 to 180 MHz with a 6400/180 logic board swap.
Isn't there a beefed up power supply in the 6360 and 6400/6500 chasis that makes putting a 6500 into a 6200 case risky?
 
Isn't there a beefed up power supply in the 6360 and 6400/6500 chasis that makes putting a 6500 into a 6200 case risky?

There's no need. A 68040@33 MHz and a PowerPC 603e at 250 MHz consume around the same amount of power, 6-8W.

And since you'd be shoehorning in a tower board into a desktop case, you lose all of the expansion devices and are down to one PCI slot. This limits the number of devices in the system and keeps the power consumption in check.
 
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