G5 dual 1.8ghz

Hello,
need to know if i install a processor from a G5 dual 2.0ghz or above into my dual 1.8ghz if it will work correctly. Not to compter savvy trying to get more processing power for my Pro Tools Le rig.
Also, any one who knows Pro Tools is there a huge difference in the G5 dual 2.0 and above for running more plug ins, virtual instruments etc vs the dual 1.8ghz?

No it wont work at all . You have two different motherboards one for the 2.0 and one for 1.8 . I own a 1.8 dual like you . you need to replace the motherboard to get that to work . It just wont work out . You can count on apple making sure of that .

Similar Messages

  • Do Blueray burners work with a PPC G5 (dual 1.8GHz)

    Do Blueray burners work with a PPC G5 (dual 1.8GHz)?

    All BluRay burners are SATA, so you'd need either an External Firewire Burner or a SATA<->IDE converter if replacing the built-in CD/DVD drive.
    Then you'd need Software like Toast 9 or 10...
    http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/

  • G5 Dual 1.8Ghz -randomly very NOISY & FAST fan!

    Hi I couldn't find a post for this elsewhere!
    1 or 2 times a week my G5 dual 1.8Ghz fan will begin to speed up and become incredibly fast and noisy, when this happens it doesn't slow back down, it keeps going!
    Once this begins I am often unable to shutdown or restart the computer and I have to resort to pressing the power button.
    On restarting the fan is normal again, but it always happens again at some point.
    This happens while the computer is 'awake', but might have happened from sleep once or twice (I can't remember).
    Many thanks for your help,
    Colin
    G5 dual 1.8Ghz   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   2gb RAM

    Hello Colin and welcome to the Apple forums.
    1 or 2 times a week my G5 dual 1.8Ghz fan will begin to speed up and become incredibly fast and noisy, when this happens it doesn't slow back down, it keeps going!
    Once this begins I am often unable to shutdown or restart the computer and I have to resort to pressing the power button.
    This is what we call a "Kernal Panic" and basically the OS stops responding, also to hardware which slows down the fans from the default "turbo" mode your experiencing.
    What could be causing this requires a careful process of elimination.
    Disconnecting all other external hardware except a wired mouse, keyboard and one monitor is the first step.
    Next is to backup all data, c boot from the G5 Tiger (not upgrade over Panther disk!) and Disk Utility Erase w/Zero option your boot drive. Reinstall Tiger fresh and immediatly Software update until clear. Install only vital apps from original sources and cd's (avoid those that alter your sytem/ use a admin password to install), files and data from backup. Update your drives driver software from the makers sites for Tiger.
    If these two methods don't resolve the problem, then you should try installing a new boot drive (Zero it first) and repeating the step above to eliminate a bad boot drive.
    Once these three steps are done and you still have problems, it could be a RAM or defective video card or other major hardware problem.

  • SATA Card for G5 Dual 1.8Ghz

    I'm looking for an internal SATA card for my PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz. I've got a couple hard drives laying around that I wanted to RAID together with my Time Machine Backup drive. Instead of spending hours looking on Google, I figured I'd poll the masses.
    Newegg.com has a ton but I want to make sure I get one that is compatible with my hardware.
    Thanks in advance!

    The only sure thing is the Firmtek Seritek cards.
    They are also the only ones that support boot to the connected drives.
    Native OS X support is also an important point.
    Firmtek also provides excellent tech support
    After that, Highpoint has compatibles, and non compatibles.
    They don't support boot, and, but can perform well enough.
    If you take the path less taken, and get a card that uses generic Silicon Images drivers, then OS X support, and successful use, is highly variable (to say the least).

  • Power Mac G5, Dual 1.8GHz - Sluggish Video

    Hey Guys.
    I purchased a used Power Mac G5 couple months back. Its a Dual 1.8GHz, 2.5GB Ram, 160GB Hdd, Geforce FX5200 64Meg AGP.
    Ive noticed sense i got the machine that when watching video's on youtube or any type of high resolution video's, the playback is choppy. Even scrolling through webpages seems a bit choppy. With just standard applications the machine runs great and its nice and quick. Its just the video play back that is kind of hauting me. Now this may be a stupid question but will i notice a difference if i were to purchase another higher grade video card? Or is my machine not powerful enough for HD playback? Do i need more ram? Anyways thanks in advance for any type of advice.
    -Jess

    The 5200 is the weakest of the G5 AGP cards, and almost any other card would be an improvement.
    Bear in mind that there are two flavors of AGP card, well three, really. There are Mac OEM cards like many of the Radeon 9600 and 9800 cards, many of which have one DVI and one ADC connector, or the GeForce 6800 GT and Ultra cards, which are considerably better than the 9600 Radeons and somewhat better than the 9800's. That being said, the second flavor is the PC AGP cards flashed to Mac ROM. Some fly, some don't fly so well. The third flavor is the PC AGP cards not flashed with Mac ROM, which are, in a word, unusable on a Mac.
    With respect to Flash content, I will say that at least with Flash Player 10, you can expect with a GeForce 6800 Ultra OEM card to see sluggish playback in some cases, mainly because of CPU loading from the Flash plugin. In most cases, the 6800 Ultra is a pretty peppy card, but if things are loading the CPU, it can't help you much. With respect to scrolling and things like that, the better cards generally handle things pretty fluidly, but again, if there is a Flash or Java script running somewhere, like in an advertisement, things can get sluggish because of CPU loading.
    One thing I would do is get a larger drive in there. A SATA-1 or SATA-2 drive should work just fine; a SATA-3 drive will undoubtedly need a jumper to bring it back to SATA-1 speeds.

  • USB startup on Dual 1.8ghz G5 PPC anyone?

    Is there a way to get a USB startup on the dual 1.8ghz G5?
    My macbook enables USB boot obviously but my ppc does not support it... is there a way around this?

    My understanding is that PPC Macs generally cannot boot from USB drives. There's a hint at MacOSXHints.com that describes one way to attempt it, but it may only work for the very latest PPC machines (of which your dual 1.8 would not be amongst).
    http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060301112336384

  • Video cards for Dual 1.8Ghz G5

    I'm wanting to upgrade my 64mb video card in my Dual 1.8Ghz G5.
    What should I be looking for? Is the slot PCI or PCI-X?
    Is there a difference between a "PC" card and a "Mac" card, or could I buy a card from, say, Newegg.com and install it in my G5?
    Thanks very much for the help!

    Hi surfwax, and a Warm Welcome to Apple Discussions and the Power Mac G5 Forum!
    You will forgive me saving my typing finger I hope..
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3067986#3067986
    Please post again if you have any questions.

  • Powermac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz RAM question

    I purchased one stick of 1Gb RAM and installed it on the motherboard, but I didnt know it had to be installed in pairs so the computer wont recognize it. I made an order for a second stick and it should arrive in a couple of days. Can I use my computer with the one stick still in there, or do I need to remove it and install both at the same time?
    Powermac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

    dfernandez86-
    I am confused so this is probably a dumb question, but how can using 1 stick be configured as a pair?
    I would take the new stick out and use it as originally configured. When you get the second stick have at it.
    Luck-
    -DaddyPaycheck

  • No CD-RW burning on pre July 2004 dual 1.8GHz G5?

    Hi!
    After 2.5 years of using this G5 I recently tried burning an audio CD on a blank audio dedicated CD-RW disc and noticed that the drive doesn't recognize this as a blank disc. I tried two different brands from iTunes and Toast. The drive has so far burned dozens if not hundreds of DVDs and CDs without a single problem. Could it be that the built in drive of this model doesn't recognize Rewritables at all?
    dual G5 1.8GHz    

    Not likely... My parents have the Dual 1.8GHz model (September 2003) and it burns rewritables just fine.
    I'd say the more likely case is that your drive may have failed, especially if you've burned hundreds of discs.
    First thing I'd try though is a CD/DVD lens cleaner. There may be a lot of dust inside the drive, or on the lens.

  • Dual 1.8ghz # of SATA Headers

    Hello
    Curious as to how many SATA headers are on my 4 dimm slotted dual 1.8ghz G5. I have two internal SATA drives right now (the max...) but want to use an eSATA enclosure (hopefully without having to purchase a PCI Mac SATA card as they are a little pricy...) Is there more than 2 SATA headers on this logic board?
    If not / if I need a SATA PCI card, which works with my G5 (I here this particular model has weird PCI slots that are kind of weak? At least M-Audio seems to think so...)

    Pricy depends on your needs and definition. You are stuck with two native ports each has its own channel and they only support single drive.
    You can add a few more internally with a PCI 2 or 4-channel controller and Sonnet Jive.
    FirmTek and Sonnet are two most reliable.
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/FTST1S2/
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA1EVE22/
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA2SE4/
    http://www.sonnettech.com/product/temposatax4i.html
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/TSATAIIX4I/
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/TSATA/
    http://www.sonnettech.com/product/g5_jive.html

  • Dual 1.8GHz 2GB RAM not gonna run iMovie '08?

    Hello all,
    I have heard that despite what the requirements for iMovie '08 are, it will run on a dual 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 (I swear I read that a fellow PMG5 1.8GHz user was doing it...with if memory serves, 3GB of RAM.) But do I really need 3GB of RAM? I wanna max this bad boy out but I dont have the money to do so at the moment. However its beyond me as to why it installed without a single problem. It even says it requires a dual 2.0GHz. But I just popped the iLife '08 DVD in the Mac and it installed everything on the DVD no questions asked. What I find a bit weird is I went to a friends house (he has a PMG5 Single 1.6GHz 4GB RAM) it wouldnt install. Ok so maybe his specs were too low. =( but this thing is super fast. (Im running Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard hes still running Mac OS X 10.4.11 Tiger (I sold him my 10.4.6 DVD when I bought my 10.5.6 DVD) And we have blazing fast machines. Esp his! I wonder why his is faster...is Tiger really THAT MUCH older?
    Regards

    Hi-
    RAM isn't as much of an issue as processor speed.
    iLife 08 will install on most any machine, even G4's, but the ability to use iMovie successfully requires more CPU, thus the 2.0GHz stated in the system requirements.
    Anyhow, it wouldn't be the first time a machine with lower than recommended CPU speed installed iMovie 08:
    http://tom.goskar.com/2007/09/03/imovie-08-on-a-18ghz-single-processor-g5/
    Some ineteresting discussion here:
    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=338836
    Only 512MB of RAM is necessary, but Apple recommends 1GB.
    However, RAM becomes necessary when manipulating large files.
    2GB is really as low as one should go..... and more is better with graphics and video related work.
    The 3GB issue is not RAM, but hard drive space.
    The software suite simply requires that much space on the hard drive.
    Tiger is faster than Leopard on most all PPC machines.
    Leopard has its sweet spots, but uses more RAM, CPU and graphics card than Tiger.
    This may explain why a slower machine "feels" faster.

  • Is there much difference btwn dual 1.8ghz and dual 2.0ghz

    Hi,
    I have seen a dual 1.8ghz (M9454LL/A) second hand with this spec:
    Machine Type: Power Mac G5
    Machine Model: PowerMac 7,3
    CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (2.2)
    Number of CPUs: 2
    CPU Speed 1.8GHz
    L2 cache (per CPU): 512KB
    Memory: 1.25 GB
    Bus speed: 900MHz
    Graphics Card: GeForce FX 5200
    ATA Bus (DVD): Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-117D
    Serial-ATA (hard-drive): Maxtor 80GB
    for a good price around £800 which would leave me with money to buy a monitor.
    This model already has airport built in and additional ram added.
    I am a music producer (running digidesign protools LE) and need a studio computer to see me through the next couple of years. I have been looking at getting a dual 2.0ghz machine but these are invariably more expensive and I would have to pay to add the features this model already has, as well as purchasing a flatscreen.
    Basically I want to know how much of a performance difference i will see between a dual 1.8ghz machine and a dual 2.0ghz machine.
    cheers guys

    Ok that dual 1.8 is not much difference from a dual 2
    Your dual 1.8 has a 900 Mhz front-side bus per processor
    The dual 2 has 400 more Mhz total in CPU speed (not much really) and a 1000 Mhz frontside bus per processor.
    So the difference is minimal.
    You could upgrade that video card to a AGP ATI X800 and 3D game all the latest ones with no problem. (I would before they are all gone)
    If you get yourself another internal hard drive, something large like a 250-300GB SATA and keep your user files in there instead of on the 80GB Maxtor, your performance "feel" would be pretty good as well. (no Western Digital, they upgraded their SATA specs)
    And you got a Superdrive, so you can burn dvds.
    If time doesn't equal money, and your not constantly pushing your CPU's day and night, this machine is a good buy IMO. You should get a good 3-4 years out of it, especially if you know when to stop upgrading the OS/apps.
    Yes I say you got yourself a good buy there.

  • Dual 2.8GHz for HD*  is this true?

    system requirements state dual 2.8GHz for HD*... how much punch do I really need in the real world?
    thanks in advance

    Intel i7
    When I have the $$ and after CS5 is released (Hopefully in 64bit) I am going to build a new computer... this will be for SD only, and I will NOT overclock the Asus motherboard and I do not need Raid... as much as possible, I am buying when Newegg has free shipping on the item I want (I am going to buy the CPU & Ram & MB last, just before I start building, in case there is a problem and I need to return anything)
    If I were going to edit HD video, I would replace the single 1-T drive with a RAID setup for faster I/O - but, since I've never had any I/O problems with a single data drive on my old computer, I see no reason for raid on this computer
    It should work, but if Win2k and the Pinnacle Dv500 I have won't work with this new motherboard, I will buy an ADVC-300 external device $400 at http://www.academicsuperstore.com/products/Grass+Valley/ADVC+Digital+Video+Converters/7039 31 to work with my old analog camcorder (plus old VHS tapes I am slowly converting to DVD)
    90 Case = Cooler Master Scout http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196 (have)
    110 PS = Corsair 850w http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009 (have)
    225 12Gig Ram - Crucial 1066 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148246
    280 Intel i7 920 CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202
    220 Asus P6 SE motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386
    125 ATI Video Card - most likely a model 4850 w/1Gig to also use for Photoshop
    50 320Gig SATA Boot http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074
    50 320Gig SATA Scratch/Temp drive
    95 1-Terrabyte SATA Data drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
    20 2 Cooler Master Case Fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999072
    40 Scythe Mugen SCMG-2000 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185093
    550 Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection CS5 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/496667?tstart=0
    000 Win2k & Premiere 6 & Pinnacle Dv500 via dual boot with Windows 7
    000 Windows 7 Pro 64bit via deal that WSU has with Microsoft (see forum link above)
    1,855 plus any shipping or WA taxes

  • Apple Mac Pro 2008 dual 2.8ghz quad core

    Hey guys,
    Ive got a real brain teaser. I have a apple mac pro 2008 dual 2.8ghz quad core that wont boot.
    The leds on the memory test good its all tested in another mac and working well.
    The 9 leds are reading as follows 2nd led lit yellow. Led 9,8,7 Green- which from my research is good.
    Ive also reset the cmos battery and vram, nothing.
    Pulled the memory and video card and re-seated them also nothing.
    The last thing i tryed was shut the computer down sit for 30 seconds then held alt and got the install mac os screen not a hard drive option.
    Which leads me to think its not seeing the hard drive?
    Any suggestions?

    Starts up with fans
    Makes the apple chime
    The chime is generated in software when the first portion of the power-on self test has passed.Your Mac is working and has enough working RAM memory to start up.
    You still may have problems with drives, the software on those drives, or your graphics card.
    apple logo comes up
    The dark gray Apple is loaded by the ROM boot loader in the first blob of software (before the file system is initialized). Its presence indicates your Mac can get some stuff off a Hard Drive, and seeing it indicates your graphic card can display something in a primitive way.
    with spinning gear and just sits there for hours
    It is stuck booting up something. Verbose Mode (hold Command-V at startup) will show you the parade of messages. The last five will tell you what happened.

  • GeForce 7600GS on a dual 1.8ghz G5

    Does the GeForce 7600GS work on my Powermac G5 1.8ghz dual?
    http://inwarehouse.se/Product.aspx?prd=1180382&node=503

    Sorry, but it won't work. Video cards must be Mac versions in order to work, and there is no Mac version of the 7600GS.
    You need a card such as ATi's X800XT, nVidia's 6800Ultra/GT, or ATi's Radeon 9800. All of these were produced in Mac versions.

Maybe you are looking for