Power Macintosh 7100/80 Cache
- Thread starter T-Man
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Yes, that appears to be a L2 cache module. The connector notches indicate it would FIT in the 6100/7100/8100 PMs, but that connector is also shared with the 62xx series which use combo ROM/L2 cache modules. Maybe it's one of those and not just a dead Cache module?
Can you post a picture of the other side? I'd love to add it to my PPC L2 cache resource article:
Can you post a picture of the other side? I'd love to add it to my PPC L2 cache resource article:
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The L2 Cache modules for PM 6100/7100/8100 Macs seem extra rare, I see ones for later Power Macs on eBay from time to time but not these.
A G3/G4 PDS CPU upgrade is a much bigger performance boost but they go for several hundred these days. Would be cool if these got recreated, especially a 512MB or 1024MB version. (FYI the one in this thread shows 256KB of cache on that one side)
Thanks, no ROM chips there (would be 4 pretty big ones) there so this is not a combo ROM/L2 cache module from a 6200. Those small chips are likely just part of the cache logic. I guess some component(s) just went bad on your L2 cache module :-/
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Just checking for grounds on the caps and IC's, the small IC in the center on the backside picture has pins 5 and 7 to ground....cannot find a data sheet on it though....the numbers are AV70-1 then 9508 on the IC itself...?anyone know what specifically I should search for to find a data sheet for the chip?
IIRC, AV70-1 is a ICS chip. full part number is AV9170-01CS08. It's a clock delay or clock synchronization chip.
ICS = Integrated Circuit Systems
IIRC, the chip takes a clock input and outputs the same clock, except.... It also takes a second clock input and it aligns the phase of the output of the first signal with the second signal.