Thread G5 upgrade, help needed on a couple of things
G5 upgrade, help needed on a couple of thingsHello, I have an iMac G5 1.8 model A1058 with 2gb of ram running Panther 10.3.9 and I want to upgrade to Leopard 10.5.8 I have been told I cannot buy this software from Apple anymore so I looked on ebay inste...view more
iMac G3 Rev A Faulty Ram?Hello, I have an iMac G3 Rev A that will refuse to boot up when the ram is upgraded. The specs are: 233Mhz G3 32 GB hard drive with OS X 10.3 96 MB of Ram (1 32MB and 1 64MB) The machine will boot and...view more
iMac G4 Graphical Glitches and MoreI have a 2003 IMac G4, when I attempt to boot it up, the screen will spaz out and flash red and blue constantly, however the Apple Logo Will appear and the loading circle will start spinning, but after a few minutes i...view more
iMac G4 not recongnizing RAMi have a 2003 model iMac G4 with a 1GHz processor and i tried to put a 512 MB stick of ram in it and when i turn it on it still boots into leopard suprisingly but it says it only has 256MB of ram. This iMac used to ha...view more
iMac G3 not recognizing new hard drive?So I recently bought an iMac G3 (Tray-loading, 1999, M4984, 333MHz) from Ebay. It's in very good condition and it ran perfectly when I got it. However, I decided to upgrade the hard drive. I put in a Hitachi Deskstar ...view more
OS X 10.3 install hangs at 76-85%I've bought an old iMac G3 333MHz, it has CD-only optical drive, no WiFi, no firewire. I've changed its hard drive to 120GB and want to install OS X 10.3, to use the WiFi adapter that doesn't have drivers for earlier ...view more
Thread I'm a Gamer who would Like to Game on a Mac!
I'm a Gamer who would Like to Game on a Mac!I am more of a PC Gamer. I sold all I used to game on console with a PS4 but I still prefer the accuracy I get out of a Keyboard and Mouse. I absolutely love Apple's design in their Computers and their operating syste...view more
Is my iMac an iMac PPC or Intel?If possible, go to Apple menu -> About This Mac to know what you are working with. If not use one of the ways of visually identifying your iMac described below. iMac G3 (PPC a.k.a. PowerPC) iMac G4 (P...view more
Thread Is iMac G3 Tray Loading and Slot Loading RAM Compatible?
Is iMac G3 Tray Loading and Slot Loading RAM Compatible?I have two iMac G3's. One is a tray loading 333mH and the other is a slot loading 400mH. Could I take the RAM from the tray loader and put it in my slot loader? The tray loading iMac has more RAM in it and since I jus...view more
Imac G4 800 mhz atx pinouthi guys, as mentioned above, i have an 15" mhz, which is dead. Nothing happens when the power switch is pushed. I tried resetting PMU once, but nothing... I googled for an atx psu pinout to match the 15", though the...view more
Convert iMac G5 to a TowerHello! I have an old pre-iSight iMac G5. It has the dreaded vertical lines which have just gotten horribly worse over time. Yesterday, I replaced it with a brand new iMac but I don't want to necessarily get rid of a p...view more
iMac G5 Hard DriveHi there, I have an iMac G5 which has had the whole hard drive component removed. I need brackets to attach the hard drive to the imac thx, jaydenview more
iMac g3 slot-load firmware updateI have recently acquired an iMac g3 400mhz /dvd/128mb ram upgraded to 1gb. I am looking for the firmware update 4.1.9 to install OS X Tiger, but I can't find it anywhere on the apple website. Does anybody know where I...view more
Java 1.6 on PPC iMac?Hi, I have a really old iMac G5 with iSight - model A1144 with OS X 10.5.8, and I cannot find Java 1.6 for it. Can anyone provide a download link or is the old PPC models just not supported? Thanks.view more
Is my iMac an iMac PPC or Intel?
