Digital Audio Processor on MDD Motherboard?

Hi,
I have a bare-bones Mirrored Drive Door G4 Power Mac (Case, SuperDrive, Motherboard, Power Supply), and a 667mhz Digital Audio G4 Power Mac. Can I put the processor of the Digital Audio into the MDD, and would there be any benefit to doing so? (at least until I can get something else to put in there).
Any advice would be appreciated, I haven't began to play with these yet, and wanted some opinions first.
Thanks,
Keith

Hi-
No, you can't.
Get yourself a MDD processor. That's all that'll work.

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