Has a PowerPC upgrade been installed?

[Concorde105]

Hello all,

I recently acquired a PowerBook 540c. So far, I'm very happy with it, blah blah and blah. Anyways, as I was snooping around the System Folder, I noticed something: a PowerPC enabler! Yes, I realize that this could be there just because the original owner didn't know what they were doing (oh GOD, that hard drive is a mess), but it could also be if there is a PowerPC upgrade installed! 8-o Is there anyway I can check? It's running 7.5.3.

Thanks for your help!

 

[Anonymous Freak]

I believe 7.5.3 has Apple System Profiler. Run that and see what it says for processor.

It's very likely that the install was a "Universal" install for any system. Of course, it is very possible that it has the PowerPC, as well.

 

[Concorde105]

It may have been a universal install; it appears as if the people who installed the software were from Tiger Foods. :?: They could have just made a universal set of floppies. If System Profiler wasn't under the Apple Menu, where would it be? I already checked there. Sadly, I have no time to boot up the machine and do a search for it. Also, I'm pretty sure System 7 (at least up to 7.5.5) didn't have the System Profiler. Oh well. Thanks!

 

[Dennis Nedry]

Do you have Graphing Calculator installed? If so, it will give an error when you open it on a 68k Mac. "Sorry, Requires Power Macintosh" or something to that effect.

 

[Concorde105]

Nope, it doesn't have graphing calculator installed. Once I can get my PC and my 540c to play nice, though, I'll see if I can find a utility to tell me what processor is installed.

Thanks!

 

[Performa6360]

Determine by startup chime. If it has a 540 chime, it is 68k. If it has a 500/PPC chime, it is PowerPC.

http://mactracker.dreamhosters.com/

 

[Concorde105]

Ah, thanks. It's got the normal 540c chime. Oh well... Thanks for your help though!

 

[nanoseq]

My 540C actually had its little "PowerBook 540C" badge replaced with "PowerPC" so I'm thinking it used to have an official Apple PPC upgrade. Unfortunately, it's just 68k still