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Dec 17, 2013 10:10 AM in response to ajaxandmrsby BDAqua,★HelpfulHello,
What is the 2z691-****-A number on that Install Disc?
Also...
If you don't know the G4, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...
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Dec 17, 2013 2:54 PM in response to BDAquaby ajaxandmrs,The only number on the disk is SRF2Z691-6178-A
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Dec 17, 2013 3:03 PM in response to ajaxandmrsby BDAqua,Leopard 10.5.1 I believe it is the Family Pack retail disk, the product number is: 2Z691-6178-A.
Perhaps your G4 is too old to read DVD Dual-layer Discs?
If you don't know the model, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1349
Or...
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, report the version of OSX from that window, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: eMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,4
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.2f1
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Disc Burning & report what it says, like ...
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD
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Dec 17, 2013 4:24 PM in response to BDAquaby ajaxandmrs,This is the disk that Apple has sent me when I rung them up.
The computer is currently running os 9 and the serial is SG******K5X.
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Dec 17, 2013 4:22 PM in response to ajaxandmrsby BDAqua,OK...
Nice Name: PowerMac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Machine Model: PowerMac3,3
Family name:
Group1: PowerMac
Group2: G4
Generation: 3
CPU speed: 500MHz
Production year: 2000
Production week: 47 (November)
Production number: 43 (within this week)
Model introduced: 2000
Memory - flavour: PC100-L-100
Memory - number of slots: 4
Memory - maximum total: 2GB
Memory - largest module: 512MB
Factory: SG (Singapore)
There are two configurations of this model, M7893LL/A, as originally introduced with a DVD-RAM drive for US$3499, and M8250LL/A, introduced with a DVD-ROM drive for US$3199.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_500_dp.html
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
There are workarounds if the 867MHz CPU is the only hangup...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard