powermac g4I have recently purchased a powermac g4 with no disks or anything, just its self. I can not boot into a start up disk by pressing the c key or the option key. The powermac comes with osx 9.2 but the original owner doe...view more
Thread Need a Power Mac G5(late 2005) Hardware Test ISO
Need a Power Mac G5(late 2005) Hardware Test ISOBefore I couldn't get my mac to power up but it recently turned on. I was wondering if anyone could give me a link to an ISO file I could download in hopes of it pointing out the problem with my computer.view more
Thread Apple hardware test for Power Mac G5 Late 2005
Apple hardware test for Power Mac G5 Late 2005Hi guys / girls I need Apple Hardware test (.ISO) for my Power Mac G5 Late 2005 (2,3GHz Dual Core). Can you send or upload the .ISO file, please? Thank you very much! Michael, Prague e-mail :...view more
PowerMac G3 B&W 350MHz won't boot from CDSo, I bought a PowerMac G3 B&W with 10.4 on it on ebay. It worked great and I had it for less than an hour before I decided to install OS9 on it. I had a version of OS9 that installed in a DMG file for classic. I ...view more
Power Mac G4 refusing to boot to CDHello, I am currently collecting vintage Macs, and one of those is a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver (867MHz). At one point, it had Mac OS X 10.4.11, and I wanted to wipe it since the previous owner left lots of junk i...view more
Backing up data on external desktopDoes anyone have experience with backing up data from your Powerbook G4 to the Western Digital My Book? I just bought it because my computer constantly has problems and is being shipped off this week and I need to bac...view more
Thread Optiarc DVD in Power Mac no longer working - solutions?
Optiarc DVD in Power Mac no longer working - solutions?I have a fairly old Power Mac but it generally works well. Unfortunately the Optiarc DVD AD-7170A will not now burn DVDs. It may well be a software problem but any suggestions or solutions that get me back...view more
Thread Apple Hardware Test 2.0.2 for PowerMac MDD 1.25 Single.
Apple Hardware Test 2.0.2 for PowerMac MDD 1.25 Single.Hello people, No amount of searching has helped me to locate the individual disc image that shipped with this model of Mac that I want to test. It's the last 1.25 single processor MDD released in 2003. I'm not sure,...view more
Thread Is it possible to boot into the OSX DVD Without a keyboard?
Is it possible to boot into the OSX DVD Without a keyboard?Hi everyone, Today I found a WORKING 800mhz PowerMac G4 Quicksilver (2002) at my local thrift shop for $15. Hard Drive was skipping and I had a 160GB hard drive laying around, so took the bad hard drive out and now i...view more
Thread Can a PowerMac G5 boot from a Dual-Layer DVD?
Can a PowerMac G5 boot from a Dual-Layer DVD?Can a PowerMac G5 boot from a Dual-Layer DVD? I wanna install 10.5 on mine. its currently running tiger. its getting really old now. so yeah, can this disk drive boot, or if not even read from a dual layer dvd? disk...view more
G5 Super Drive, gone ?...Hi, This is the second time that I participate in this fantastic way of sharing and merit to that help users like me. After some time without use, when I plugged my old PowerMac G5 to format the hard drive to t...view more
Transfer Files from G4 to iMacI have a G4 Power Mac running OS 9.2.2 with 400MHZ, a whopping 40GB hard drive, with 320MB RAM. As well as an 27" iMAC running OSX Lion 10.7.5 with the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 processor, and 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory. &...view more
need old mac os installation discI work in a Canadian university and we received some donated old computers. One of them was an iMac G5 (the last PPC model, 20 inch, from ca. 2006). It would be enough to handle basic office and internet b...view more
Thread How to eject a DVD from Power Mac G5 CD/DVD drive?
How to eject a DVD from Power Mac G5 CD/DVD drive?I already know the trick about holding down the mouse button while the computer starts up, and whatever is in the CD/DVD drive will eject. But that does not work in this case, because my computer will no longer startu...view more
Fix dvd drive door Power Mac????Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 867mhz. The drive door for the dvd drive just hangs open. Can I get a spring or something to fix it?view more
G5 can't boot! Help!So i basically have a base model PowerMac G5 from 2003. its a fully working machine. 1.6 Ghz single core processor. 80GB hdd original apple one. Geforce FX 5200. Original Apple DVD/CD drive. 2.5 GB RAM. So the machi...view more
Kernel Error, Missing "mach_kernel"Running Leopard on an old mac g4 quicksilver edition and managed to trash the "mach_kernel"...is there any way to restore the missing file without a "c" or "target" reboot?view more