Can you help me identify which PowerMac G5 I have?
I think it's one of the later models -- if webpages are to be believed -- but I need to be sure before I start getting hardware for it.
Here's the specs from the Hardware Overview in System Profiler:
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM version: 5.1.8f7
Serial Number: G84251FKQPR
Feel free to ask for more information if you need it.
I recently received this nice older Mac as a hand-me-down from my father, who bought it on eBay from a university film studio that was upgrading their hardware.
It lacks wireless networking capabilities at the moment, and I'd like to fix that. I need to make sure I get the right kind of AirPort card (or whatever I need) in order to acheive this. I'm not familiar with the PowerMac G5 model, so I could use some advice. Information on the web is a little confusing to me.
I'd also like to know what maximum possible RAM (and what kind) this lovely silver beast can take on.
And I understand that Leopard (not to be confused with Snow Leopard) is the most recent version of the Mac OS X I can install on here. I need to make sure I get the "retail" version, right?
And I'd like to hear what other bells and whistles I can get for it that I'm not already aware of. I want to make a project out of this.
Thanks for your help, my fellow Apple fans!
Hello,
It's not a later model, put the Serial# 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
Also here it is one of these two, likely the 1st one...
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/stats/powermac_g5_2.0_dp_2.htm l
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/stats/powermac_g5_2.0_dp_pci.h tml
I need to make sure I get the right kind of AirPort card (or whatever I need) in order to acheive this...
While Airport cards & Antennas can be had, I'd recommend one of these that has better range & such...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MXP2802NU2C/
If it is indeed the 1st one, 8 RAM slots vs. 4 RAM slots on the later one, the 8 GB, 1 GB per slot on either model...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/3200DDR2GBP/
I need to make sure I get the "retail" version, right?
Correct, no Gray Intel Machine specific Discs.
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)
Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
Other bells & whistles...
SATA cards, PCI Wifi cards, & a few others, like a faster Video card.
See japamacs page here on the best AGP cards for G4s & G5s...
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D379 42BEE.html
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