Power Mac G5 Quadi have Power mac g5 Quad 2.3 Ghz ,1GB X 2 Ram . 128 MB GPU. today i trunon my mac , after few sec ... RED lights trunon outside the RAM Slot the 1st light top side of the RAM slot number 1 ( OverTEMP) LED 806 and T...view more
Thread Problem with Sonnet Encore/MDX G4 Duet CPU install
Problem with Sonnet Encore/MDX G4 Duet CPU installHi all vintage MAC'ers I have had my G4 MDD since new. years ago I bought the Sonnet 1.8 upgrade but never put it in because my MDD died and I am just now got around to fixing and upgrading everything. It is up an ru...view more
Thread what motherboard form factor does the power mac g5 use?
what motherboard form factor does the power mac g5 use?I have an old power mac g5 case which I'd like to re purpose into my new editing pc, and I am wondering if it uses a proprietary form factor motherboard, or a standard form factor motherboard like atx, micro atx, or m...view more
Thread Can I put the video card from a G4 DP MDD in a G4 466?
Can I put the video card from a G4 DP MDD in a G4 466?We have a Dual Processor G4 MDD that finally gave up and died on us. We were able to pull the hard drive and put it in an external case and salvage all the content. I'm wondering what parts we can pull from ...view more
Power Mac G5 Quad SSD RecommendationsCan anyone recommend a make of SSD drive that will work in my G5 Quad. I have tries a Kingston and a Crucial (both SATA III) and neither were seen by Disk Utility. My HDD set-up is as follows: Slot A. ...view more
Thread Will a Sata 3 6GB/S hdd work in powermac g5
Will a Sata 3 6GB/S hdd work in powermac g5Will this hard drive work in a powermac g5? specs: 1.6ghz Power Pc G5 4GB DDR SDRAM OSX 10.5.8 http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/components-upgrades/internal-hard-drives/3-5-inch- hard-drives/wd-...view more
Powermac g4 not seeing hard drive?Hi guys, So I just recently got a Powermac G4 Quicksilver that had 10.3.9 on its hard drive and inside three other hard drives, two of which were hooked up to a sonnet tempo ultra ata 66 controller card. I ins...view more
Thread Update Power Mac G3 from OS 9.2 to OSX 10.4?
Update Power Mac G3 from OS 9.2 to OSX 10.4?Hello all, So I just received an old Powermac G3 from a friend of mine running OS 9.2. I am trying to get the computer a little more up-to-date so that I can use the computer as a file server. When I went to p...view more
Thread Upgrade Mac keeping compatibility with old softwares
Upgrade Mac keeping compatibility with old softwaresI need to upgrade an old mac 10.4 buying a newer imac or mac pro. But first i need to know if there's a way to keep alive old software such as Photoshop CS2, Free Hand MX, Quark XPress 6.5 etc.. I Cannot upgra...view more
Should I upgrade a Powermac G4?Hi! My dad recently purchased two Powermac G4s and a monitor at a college auction. The hard drives were removed. I love older Apple computers and want to get them working just for the sake of entertain...view more
Graphics card upgrade - PowerMac G4 QuickSilverHi everyone! As BDAqua probably remembers, I installed an ATI Radeon 9600 in my G4 QuickSilver. It was slow as ****, and after selling the card I realised that the problem was the 733MHz G4 CPU. I now have a Dual 800...view more
Powermac G4 MDD display connections?Hi! I recently put a hard drive into a Powermac G4 with mirrored drive doors. When I went to connect it to the monitor I have, there was not the right type of connection. I've mostly used all in ones o...view more
Thread External hard drive compatible with my G4 10.4.11?
External hard drive compatible with my G4 10.4.11?Hi everyone! I have an old G4 with 10.4.11 and 800MHz.....as you could expect, I am running low on storage space and can really no longer run my old design software on it without it freezing up. I cannot upgra...view more
Identify ram slots in PowerMac G5I've got 6 sticks in there but it's only registering the 2 in Slots 0 and 1. Where does it start counting from? The bottom? Are there any other reasons besides hardwawre problems that would cause this (all the s...view more