Power Mac G5 + Atheros/Broadcom N Wi-Fi Card

Is anyone tryed to use any Atheros AR5008 or Broadcom 4321 PCI Wi-Fi Card under Mac OS X 10.4.11 on Power Mac G5 ?? Any success to use it??

I have a list of possibilities here:
4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D37942BEE.html
Anything from the 9800 Pro and lower on the list is an upgrade over the 9600.
A favorite is the Geforce 6800 Ultra, one of the best, all around performance cards made, compatible in both 10.4x and 0.5x

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Upgrading Power Mac G5 Dual 2.0 Ram/Video Card/Hard Drives

Hi there,
Ok so I am an avid Mac user, but have neglected one of my machines lately. This old Power Mac G5 just pushed the 3 year mark and I had a bunch of repairs done to it (New Logic Board, Hard Drive, Power Supply) before the Apple Care ran out. I used to do all of my editing and stuff on it but haven't had time this past year so it has just sat here and not gotten any use. I felt as if it was time to get back in the game so I picked up another Apple 20" monitor, some M-Audio studio monitors, a 11" Wacom, but feel the machine is too outdated to do anything.
Ok first off, I am looking to upgrade from the four 256 sticks (1GB) that I have in my computer with some 2 2GB kits (1GB x 2) (4GB total) and have been looking at the ram that Crucial suggests for this machine (8 Slots). Is there anything that I should look for in ram that will help me get through all of my 3D motion design faster (HD Final Cut too). I don't know a lot about ram when it comes to buffers and such, just how to buy compatible ram. Any suggestions?
Second I am looking to upgrade my video card. I currently have the GeForce FX 5200 with 64 MB of VRAM, which is completely unacceptable. I am looking for a card that can handle all of my motion work along with rendering in Final Cut, something with 256MB of VRAM or more.. I want something that has 2 DVI connections so I don't need an adapter like I currently do with this card to hook up both Apple displays. Suggestions?
Lastly I am looking to up my storage space on this beast. I currently have a brand new 160GB main HDD (Courtesy Apple Care) and a 250GB Maxtor internally. I would really like to have at least a TB of storage. My question is wether I should just keep the 160 for the main boot up drive and apps along with minimum documents to keep the speeds faster, and get a 500 internal and 500 exclosure, or get two 500's for internal?

Hi-
With RAM, fancy isn't necessary, compatible is. Buffers aren't supported, so stick with the recommended memory. Memory should be 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMMs that are 2.5 volt, unbuffered, 8-byte, nonparity, and DDR400-compliant (PC3200).
Important: DIMMs with any of the following features are not supported in the Power Mac G5 computer: registers or buffers, PLLs, ECC, parity, or EDO RAM.
For two DVI outputs, and the power to run your software, the only choices are the Geforce 6800GT and the Geforce 6800 Ultra. For a bit less money, but requires an ADC to DVI adapter for second DVI, the Radeon X800XT will help with the softwares needs. These benchmarks will help you see the performance of the cards.
For storage, the 160gb will work for OS and applications, but you might as well add two 500gb-750gb drives. The new, enterprise drives have great performance, and though larger, will most probably work faster as a startup drive than the 160gb drive. These benchmarks are from a Mac Pro test, but the results illustrate the speed of the larger drives.
The Western Digital SE16 series, or the Seagate ES series offer excellent performance and reliability. See Storage Reviews. For a 1tb drive, see this article.
Of course, whatever you install, add enough external for full backup capabilities.

HT2471 How can I tell if my g5 power mac quad(2006) uses PCIe or PCIx cards?

Hello,
I am purchasing a Pro Tools HD8 system, and I need to know if my g5 uses PCIe or PCIx cards? How do I find this out?
Regards, Dean.

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu, click on More Info, and check the model identifier. If it's PowerMac11,2, the computer has PCI Express slots. If not, they're PCI-X.
(76258)

Power Mac G5 crashes after installing new Graphics Card

Hello, this is my first post and if anyone can offer any help with my problem I would greatly appreciate it. Sorry for the long description, but I want to get all of the facts out.
Its a bit convoluted, but here goes...
I was having a problem with one of my G5 computers and I thought at first that the problem was the graphics card. So I bought an ATI Radeon 9600XT card on eBay. Before that card arrived, I determined that the problem with the computer was a faulty firewire card, I replaced that and this computer now runs fine.
After the Radeon card was delivered, I put it in another G5 (1.6 processor) being that it was an upgrade from the nVidia GeForce FX 5200 that was already in the computer. After about a week, this computer crashed and crashed repeatedly. So I switched the card back to the original nVidia GeForce FX 5200, but it still kept crashing.
I then initialized the drive and reinstalled 10.4. This did not solve the problem, the computer keeps crashing with the screen that says "this computer needs to restart..." same as before. I then swapped this nVidia GeForce FX 5200 card with another identical nVidia card that I have from a 3rd G5. This not only did not stop the crashes, but caused this third G5 to crash.
When I start the G5 1.6 up in safe boot, the computer does not crash and will run stable.
I really would appreciate any advice.

Ok I ran AHT on both machines and everything passed on both. The G5 #1 (1.6) restarted and ran ok (in and out of sleep mode) overnight. When I shut down, the screen went dark and all seemed well, but the computer never actually "shut off".
Anyway I thought that if I could pull the panic logs from each machine that it may be helpful for someone to diagnose just exactly what is going on. So here are the panic logs for each G5.
G5 #1 (1.6)
Wed Jan 26 00:01:12 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000A30B0025 PC=0x000000000003FFD4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x5C3BB780)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0xA30B0025; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x4428BA10; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000003 0x0002BDCC 0x002FC474 0x002FC61C 0x00303E28 0x00303F9C
0x002DA43C 0x002DA3B4 0x002E9ACC 0x002EB94C 0x0008C248 0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC
0xA1B1C1D3
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFE240
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x5C3BB780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x6E264280)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x02158070; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xBFFFE240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x5C3BB780)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0xA30B0025; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x4428BA10; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000003 0x0002BDCC 0x002FC474 0x002FC61C 0x00303E28 0x00303F9C
0x002DA43C 0x002DA3B4 0x002E9ACC 0x002EB94C 0x0008C248 0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC
0xA1B1C1D3
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFFE240
Exception state (sv=0x6E264280)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x02158070; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xBFFFE240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
G5 #2 (Dual 1.8)
Wed Feb 2 15:18:00 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000A3010025 PC=0x000000000003FFD4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x5D0D6280)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0xA3010025; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x4521BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x0002BDCC 0x002B1B68 0x002BABD8 0x002BAFA4 0x002C25BC
0x002C268C 0x002EA2C0 0x0008ADB8 0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x2F2F2F2F
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF007FC50
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x5D0D6280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x5D6F1500)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x009F5564; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xF007FC50; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x5D0D6280)
PC=0x0003FFD4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0xA3010025; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x0003FFBC; R1=0x4521BAD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x0002BDCC 0x002B1B68 0x002BABD8 0x002BAFA4 0x002C25BC
0x002C268C 0x002EA2C0 0x0008ADB8 0x00029234 0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x2F2F2F2F
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF007FC50
Exception state (sv=0x5D6F1500)
PC=0x9000AF48; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x009F5564; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x9000AE9C; R1=0xF007FC50; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Again, I appreciate any advice...hope this will be of help in diagnosing the problem..

Power Mac G4 Display Problem

I own a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio 733MHz model, and an Apple Flat Panel monitor.
The monitor connects using ADC. Sometimes when I boot my Power Mac the power light appears on the display, but the display screen does not turn on. Rebooting the Power Mac will make the display come back to life.
A while back someone in the Apple Forums suggested replacing the PRAM battery.
I tested the PRAM battery, and it is fine.
I opened up the Power Mac case, and see that the AGP card is properly seated.
What would most likely be the problem? Would it be the display, the video card, or the logic board?
Thanks!

Just an update, I tried a different LCD Display with a VGA connector and it works fine.
It must be the Apple Display.

Expanding my Power Mac G5.....

Hello All,
I am looking to expand my Power Mac G5 (PCI Slots) with the following cards....will they all work? Thanks in advance.
Card going in slot 2:
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro_usb2.html
Card going in slot 3:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11162
Card going in Slot 4:
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11160
Thanks Again...
Regards.
—Matthew—

Hello BDAqua,
BDAqua wrote:
Where are you seeing this, I don't but I'm nearly blind...
On the OWC card, theres a big white block that appears to be a PATA Power Port. (The kind you plug into a PATA Hard Disk Drive)
I really don't think it needs ny power other than what it gets from the PCI bus.
Yeah I hope it doesnt either. You own one?
the LaCie card doesn't seem to have it...must be why its 3 times the price LOL.
My bad, it does, its just a 3.5" Floppy drive power port (I REALLY dont have one of THESE! Lol)
LOL, perhaps it's so they can replace all these under warranty!...
http://mcclint.blogspot.com/2009/02/lacie-*****.html
Used to be more than a million hits Googling Lacie Power Supply problems!
Hmmmmmm.....valid point taken.
Regards.
-Matthew-

Which Airport Card in a Power Mac G4

I have a Power Mac G4 ( Mirror Doors). Which Airport Card works in this Mac ; Extream, Extream 802.11n or Express ? Can you give me a card part number so I can order one. Also is it possible to connect a outside antenna to a airport card ? Sorry, I cant search a lot, I am on a 24.4K dial up Connection
Paul

http://www.megamacs.com/item/Apple--Original-Airport-Card,-part-630-2883/view,96 7052/criteria,airport/ or search elsewhere

Three Monitors in a Power Mac

Dear All,
I have a Power Mac with the ATI Radeon HD 5770 card, I need to connect three monitors to that card. The main one and I need the second and third monitor having the same video or image, I already bought a DVI splliter and did not work, and also I used two mini DVI connecters and the regular DVI with three monitors and I am not getting the three signals.
Thanks a lot for your suggestions.
ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics

The Apple articles tell you the path Apple has laid out for your success, but not the entire picture.
To drive three displays off these cards, you need all converters to be ACTIVE, POWERED converters. The signal levels must be re-driven, and the Driver circuits to do this cannot quite get enough power off the card itself to do this.
This article on AMD/ATI web site has an additional descriptions and "Rules" in the paragraphs at the top of the page. The tables below list some qualified adapters under the correct headings.
Read Carefully: DisplayPort is not MINI DisplayPort, and there are headings for ACTIVE as well as PASSIVE included.
Also note that Amazon searches do not always return EXACT results.
"Dual-Link" contain double data signals, for servicing SINGLE displays that are wider than 1920 wide.
The Mac is completely capable of Mirroring displays in any combination on the same Display card.
The USB-to-DVI box BDAqua cited is an interesting way to get an additional display output, but is probably not needed since your 5770 can already support three displays if you use the right adapters. It is said to be s-l-o-w.

Power Mac G5 graphics card

Evening,
Recently I am a proud owner of a Power Mac G5. It came without a graphics card and now it's my job to find one. I have checked tons of forums, websites like ebay (marktplaats, a dutch ebay) and other websites but I am stuck and can not find it at all!
From the information on the Apple site that I get after filling in my serial number is this: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP80
I checked what hard disk is installed and it was a 160GB maxtor, so I presume it was the model that came with a 9600 XT?
Does anybody know where I could possibly find a card for this system?

You need a Mac compatible, 8x AGP graphics card.
I have a list of all your options here:
4B4B7BA2-7ABB-47F1-87AC-B03D37942BEE.html
eBay is the only reliable source for graphics cards that are affordable.
The few "retail" web sources available are usually outrageously priced.
Make sure a cards description specifically states Mac, G5 and OS X compatibility in thje description or all bets are off.

Power Mac G4 (FW800) freezes often, with an occasional kernel panic

I recently purchased a Power Mac G4 (FW800) on eBay for $160, minus a hard drive and stock video card, along with a hard drive cage.
Since I opened the box it came in late Saturday night, the lovely machine has constantly stalled, crashed, and for a while, I received kernel panics left and right-in fact, I had one today, but it was the text version (unlike the visual kernel panic, which is the kernel panic seen in OS X 10.2+, and I have 10.4.11 running on this machine).
Often, if I multitask, import music on iTunes, or do intense activity, it freezes.
To solve the problem, I have done multiple memory tests, have performed disk checks (verified disk permissions and have verified the disk itself, and have done repairs on the disk), have swapped RAM for more stable ram (I was getting a RAM error for a while with some generic RAM).
I would hate to sell the machine for parts, but if worse comes to worse, that may be the route I may go under. Is there anything I could do to avoid having to go that route? From the inside, all of the motherboard capacitors look fine, but I haven't checked the graphics card yet, but I doubt that's the culprit. I want to see if I could push my luck with Apple sending the AHT for the Power Mac, since I can't find any on eBay, but I'm working with a vintage Mac here, and this is New York, so my luck may be out.
Interesting, I installed iStat, and it has been giving me misleading readings. It says my CPU is at over 1000ºC, when I know through Temperature Monitor that the CPU is around 100º-110ºF and rarely goes above 115ºF.
There are some things I haven't tried yet:
1) Buying actual 2.5v RAM. That may hopefully be the key.
2) Removing the USB card I put in, along with my Broadcom-equipped Belkin Wi-Fi card I put in.
3) Calling Apple and begging them to send me a copy of the AHT for the Power Mac, and with that, hopefully, a copy of the system software.
Any suggestions? Comments? If need be, I'll post the system/crash logs for you hardware junkies.
System stats:
Power Mac G4 (FW800)
1.0GHz PowerPC G4 on a 133MHz bus
1GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (originally had some PC3200 in the machine).
120GB Seagate HD
Stock Phillips CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo
Pioneer DVD-111D (the nice DVD burner I cannibalized off my beautiful homebuilt Wine-doze PC)
Belkin 54g 802.11g Wi-Fi card
Masscool XWT-MTU25 USB 2.0 card
So far, I have removed iStat, have gone ahead and pulled out the USB card. We'll keep fingers crossed.

Did both, and I still freeze up when importing iTunes songs. I'll include some kernel panic logs for reference, for you techies.
1) Thu Nov 27 22:42:50 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x00260820): fg: being freed with bad fg_count (32548120)
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x00260820 0x0025E95C 0x0025E730 0x002ABDB8 0x000ABD30
0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3C240780)
PC=0x90014BEC; MSR=0x0200D030; DAR=0x00424000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x907C9088; R1=0xF007C240; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
2) Tue Nov 25 20:21:06 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x600 - Alignment DAR=0x0000000002DDCC3D PC=0x00000000000A43C0
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0006): 0x600 - Alignment
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2DAF7280)
PC=0x000A43C0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x02DDCC3D; DSISR=0x000000A0; LR=0x0001DEAC; R1=0x17773C10; XCP=0x00000018 (0x600 - Alignment)
Backtrace:
0x0001DE68 0x0001F47C 0x00024224 0x0002407C 0x00049878 0x00029234
0x000233F8 0x000ABEAC 0x3B2F6B65
Exception state (sv=0x2DEEF780)
PC=0x9000B348; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xA0B8C068; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x9000B29C; R1=0xBFFFC630; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

I have a big problem of frequent shutdown on my power mac

Hallo to everyone.
I have this problem of shutdwon of my power mac that often happens during an internet session.
ANother crazy thing is that soemtimes it sends to my two monitors not both of the wallpapers but only one.
Can someone help me?
Thank you!
This is the report
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 296560 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    92FD504D-0AC6-0825-8841-BF96D8430CF2
Mon Nov 26 16:13:12 2012
panic(cpu 8 caller 0xffffff8005a51c07): "IOGMD: not wired for the IODMACommand"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/iokit/Kernel/IOMemoryDescriptor.c pp:1424
Backtrace (CPU 8), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81d6a32d90 : 0xffffff800561d626
0xffffff81d6a32e00 : 0xffffff8005a51c07
0xffffff81d6a32e90 : 0xffffff8005a4c9de
0xffffff81d6a32f40 : 0xffffff8005a4d60a
0xffffff81d6a32f60 : 0xffffff7f85d25a44
0xffffff81d6a32fd0 : 0xffffff7f85d8fd85
0xffffff81d6a33020 : 0xffffff7f85d8feaf
0xffffff81d6a33070 : 0xffffff7f85d75515
0xffffff81d6a330f0 : 0xffffff7f85d73815
0xffffff81d6a33130 : 0xffffff7f85d62083
0xffffff81d6a331e0 : 0xffffff7f85d8c177
0xffffff81d6a333d0 : 0xffffff7f85d8d1d8
0xffffff81d6a334a0 : 0xffffff7f86bc2419
0xffffff81d6a335e0 : 0xffffff7f86bc1efe
0xffffff81d6a335f0 : 0xffffff7f86b99cfb
0xffffff81d6a33600 : 0xffffff7f86b70580
0xffffff81d6a33640 : 0xffffff7f86b72cc8
0xffffff81d6a33670 : 0xffffff7f86bd51c4
0xffffff81d6a336f0 : 0xffffff7f86bd5633
0xffffff81d6a33770 : 0xffffff7f86bb9b4a
0xffffff81d6a337d0 : 0xffffff7f86bba415
0xffffff81d6a33820 : 0xffffff7f86bba98c
0xffffff81d6a338c0 : 0xffffff7f86bbb239
0xffffff81d6a33900 : 0xffffff7f86b76e81
0xffffff81d6a33a80 : 0xffffff7f86bb77fe
0xffffff81d6a33b40 : 0xffffff7f86b7598a
0xffffff81d6a33ba0 : 0xffffff8005a65bc9
0xffffff81d6a33bc0 : 0xffffff8005a67170
0xffffff81d6a33c20 : 0xffffff8005a64b8f
0xffffff81d6a33d70 : 0xffffff80056981e1
0xffffff81d6a33e80 : 0xffffff8005620aed
0xffffff81d6a33eb0 : 0xffffff8005610448
0xffffff81d6a33f00 : 0xffffff800561961b
0xffffff81d6a33f70 : 0xffffff80056a5b16
0xffffff81d6a33fb0 : 0xffffff80056ced53
     Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
        com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85d1f 000->0xffffff7f86021fff
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f85c8d000
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85d0b000
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85cc8000
        com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f86b69000 ->0xffffff7f86c2bfff
           dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f85d 1f000
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f85d0b000
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f85c8d000
           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f85cc8000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WebProcess
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x0000000005400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005600000
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 24287201290675
last loaded kext at 19090522041614: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7f875f0000, size 16384)
last unloaded kext at 19220463619815: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.22 (addr 0xffffff7f875f0000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.1.0
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          75.15
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays          353
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.1f2
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L          2.3.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport          2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          235.28
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
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com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
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com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

new shotdown
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 306887 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          3
Anonymous UUID:                    92FD504D-0AC6-0825-8841-BF96D8430CF2
Tue Nov 27 13:33:29 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8013e51c07): "IOGMD: not wired for the IODMACommand"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/iokit/Kernel/IOMemoryDescriptor.c pp:1424
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81e3e5b500 : 0xffffff8013a1d626
0xffffff81e3e5b570 : 0xffffff8013e51c07
0xffffff81e3e5b600 : 0xffffff8013e4c9de
0xffffff81e3e5b6b0 : 0xffffff8013e4d60a
0xffffff81e3e5b6d0 : 0xffffff7f94125a44
0xffffff81e3e5b740 : 0xffffff7f9418fd85
0xffffff81e3e5b790 : 0xffffff7f9418feaf
0xffffff81e3e5b7e0 : 0xffffff7f94175515
0xffffff81e3e5b860 : 0xffffff7f94173815
0xffffff81e3e5b8a0 : 0xffffff7f94162083
0xffffff81e3e5b950 : 0xffffff7f9418c177
0xffffff81e3e5bb40 : 0xffffff7f9418d1d8
0xffffff81e3e5bc10 : 0xffffff7f94fc2419
0xffffff81e3e5bd50 : 0xffffff7f94fc1efe
0xffffff81e3e5bd60 : 0xffffff7f94f99cfb
0xffffff81e3e5bd70 : 0xffffff7f94f70580
0xffffff81e3e5bdb0 : 0xffffff7f94f6edc2
0xffffff81e3e5bde0 : 0xffffff7f94f72eef
0xffffff81e3e5be00 : 0xffffff7f94b922a4
0xffffff81e3e5be20 : 0xffffff7f94b92237
0xffffff81e3e5be50 : 0xffffff7f94f8a8ac
0xffffff81e3e5be80 : 0xffffff7f94f6f506
0xffffff81e3e5bed0 : 0xffffff7f94f6d4c7
0xffffff81e3e5bef0 : 0xffffff8013e472a8
0xffffff81e3e5bf30 : 0xffffff8013e45daa
0xffffff81e3e5bf80 : 0xffffff8013e45ed9
0xffffff81e3e5bfb0 : 0xffffff8013ab26b7
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9411f 000->0xffffff7f94421fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9408d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f9410b000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f940c8000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.0)[2E56ED9A-D848-3795-9E52-56BABDC9000C]@0xffffff7f94f69000 ->0xffffff7f9502bfff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f941 1f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f9410b000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9408d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f940c8000
         com.apple.iokit.IOSurface(86.0.3)[578CEAAD-1465-3B29-B34F-09586288ED88]@0xfffff f7f94b8e000->0xffffff7f94b9ffff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x0000000013800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8013a00000
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 8585274988278
last loaded kext at 347651111280: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f959ab000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 333653013867: com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.1b1 (addr 0xffffff7f94c75000, size 69632)
loaded kexts:
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com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          75.15
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays          353
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.1.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L          2.3.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          235.28
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport          2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.26 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 5, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 6, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 7, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Memory Module: DIMM 8, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4D3246324737324342385041304E2D424520
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-2
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HUA722010CLA330, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HCS721010CLA332, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0, 640,14 GB
USB Device: hub_device, 0x04cc (Philips Semiconductors), 0x1521, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: hub_device, apple_vendor_id, 0x9131, 0xfd300000 / 2
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd330000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd332000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display, apple_vendor_id, 0x9223, 0xfd320000 / 3
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: unknown_device, unknown_speed
FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: My Book 1112, WD, 800mbit_speed

Netgear wg311t in Power Mac G4 MDD FW400

I'm trying to figure out a way to network my Power Mac G4 without running a long ethernet cable through the house. The cable modem and wireless router are downstairs in the living room (the only cable hookup in the house). The office with the Power Mac is upstairs. There's also my MacBook Pro (Early 2008), which I am currently networking to the Power Mac via firewire. The Power Mac gets its internet connection through the MBP. Of course, the MBP comes and goes, so I don't want to rely on it for a network connection for the Power Mac. Furthermore, I have a networked (ethernet) HP laserjet that I'd like to have on the network. Here is what I have:
A Netgear WG311T PCI wireless adapter that I used in a Windows machine a couple years ago. If I could get this to work in the Power Mac, I could connect the HP printer directly to the Power Mac and share the printer that way. This is an Atheros-based card, and no Mac OS drivers were ever released by Netgear. I've messed around with some kernel extensions trying to get the operating system to recognaize the card, but haven't had any success. The annoying thing is, I own the Orangeware driver that could work (I had a Netgear card in my PowerMac G4 that required it), but Orangeware doesn't exist anymore, so I can't register the serial number, so I can't use the driver for more than 10 minutes at a time.
A Netgear WPN824 v2 that was my wireless router before I got the WNDR3300 (I think that's the model). I tried to use this as a wireless access point, but you have to network it via ethernet to the other router, which doesn't help me at all. It won't work as a repeater - only v3 does that.
The Power Mac is the firewire 400 version, not firewire 800, so the fastest Airport card I can put in it is wireless-B. No way.
I have a USB 2 PCI card in the Power Mac, so I could buy a USB wireless-N adapter. I'd like to avoid buying anything else, though.
Any suggestions?

I don't know if this is the one, but only one I find...
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_Update_10_4_5_Combo
Get Pacifist...
http://www.charlessoft.com/
then extract/install what you need from it.

Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 freezes up, Power Mac G5 Dual 2.5 freezes up

Hello
I inherited a Dual 2.5 PPC Power Mac G5 from my sister. She was having problems with it suddenly freezing up. She replaced the hard drive but that didn't fix it, and sicne she had a newer Macbook Pro she gave up on it. When I got it I replaced the video card on it with an ATI Radeon, and it seemed to run fine for a while, and then the problem returned. It seemed to have returned after I did all the Apple software upgrades on it (It's running Leopard), but that might be a coincidence. I noticed under Diagnostics on the power up test that some RAM had failed. I also noticed that it was running on 1 gb of RAM even though 2 gb were installed. I removed the faulty Ram (4 256 mb dimms) and hoped that that was the problem. Unfortunately it wasn't. I also installed a temperture reading program. It showed that CPU A is running around 80 C at times and is usually about 10C hotter than CPU B. I'm not sure though if 80C is normal for a G5 or not. I noticed that when it was unplugged that it wouldn't retain the time and date, and took a look at the battery, and sure enough it was starting to leak (but hadn't leaked on to any components). I've ordered a new bttery for it.
I ran a check with Disk Utility and found the HD was ok, but permissions were a bit messed up. Disk Utility wasn't able to fix some of the permissions, but i don't think this is the underlying problem.
I've also opened it and gave everything a thourough vacuuming and cleaning and reseated any removable parts. I took the cover off the liquid cooling unit and vacuumed out the dust. There didn;t seem to be any coolant leaks I could see.
Any suggestions on where I should go from here? I unfortuantely don't have any of the disks for it, so I can't run the AHT until I find one for it (the one for my Macbook Pro wouldn't work).
Sometimes it just freezes. Other times it freezes and the computer fans go on high. It will finally get to a point where it shows the grey multi-language restart screen (where it says to hold down the button to shut it off and the restart).
It was frustrating because on my workbench it was running fine after I switched the video card, and it didn't freeze at all. When I moved it to our computer desk though, the problems returned. Tonight it was to the point where it didn't last 5 minutes.
My thoughts are:
1. Maybe All the RAM is bad
2. Maybe the dead battery is messing it up?
3. When it is heating up with use, something is expanding and not connecting any longer.
What are your thoughts?

Hi Curtis,
I'm not sure though if 80C is normal for a G5 or not. I noticed that when it was unplugged that it wouldn't retain the time
Nope, not normal, way too hot, above 70°C... If you have any temps in the 70°C/160°F range, that's likely it.
Have you blown the dust out of everything with high pressure air?\
1. Maybe All the RAM is bad
The Memory test can really only be trusted if it finds a problem, not if it doesn't find a problem.
Memtest OS X...
http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php
Rember is a freeware GUI for the memtest ...
http://tech.kateva.org/2005/10/rember-freeware-memory-test-utility.html
If you're sure the RAM is good, try the Hair Dryer trick...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=13240047#13240047
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15223603#15223603
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15499912#15499912
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15613068#15613068
It can show on any G5, and even many other computers & electronic devices of the period.
http://www.macintouch.com/reliability/pmg5.html
http://lowendmac.com/ppc/power-macintosh-g5.html
2. Maybe the dead battery is messing it up?
Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems, thoigh not once vooted as a rule...
See which one your G5 has...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/CR2032/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
3. When it is heating up with use, something is expanding and not connecting any longer.
Could be the lead free solder issue with the RAM slot, and/or the thermal paste between CPUs & heatsinks need replacing...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16223700#16223700

Power Mac 10.5.8 Cannot Eject Drives or Send Files to Trash

Hello,
I'm posting to the forum for a friend. He is using a Power Mac OSX 10.5.8 with Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5 processor. The past two months he has been having issues deleting files and ejecting drives (flash drives and external hard drives). He will move files to the trash and the animation (poof of dust) and sound will occur but the actual file is not deleted. Also, when he tries to eject any drives, an error message appears stating the drive is in use by other applications. However, no other applications besides finder are open, and when I check the task manager, none are running in the background. This error has caused one of his external hard drives to become corrupted. We recently updated the computer and after the update the permissions were messed up and we couldn't even create a new folder due to insufficient permisions. We're currently running all available first-aid commands from disk utility. If anyone knows what the issue might be, please respond.
Much appreciated, blessings.
Isabel

Hello,
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.

Power Mac G5: A common dilemma: to upgrade or buy new

I know there are a lot of discussions on this topic going around, but everyone's needs and uses are different, so I'd appreciate any input on my situation.
I own a Dual 1.8 GHz Power Mac G5 with only 1GB RAM and a failing 160GB hard drive.
At this point, I basically only use this machine for web browsing, iTunes, and Garageband, and am running Tiger.
I had been having some major hard drive problems so I wiped my system and re-installed Tiger , importing everything from my iBookG4 (which, I recently dropped and the screen connection has failed and is unusable except for as an external hard drive in target disk mode. it is probably too expensive to fix for what its worth so I will probably try to sell it for scrap).
Anyway, everything was ok for about a week until I opened firefox and noticed all my settings and bookmarks were gone. When I restarted my computer, my music, pictures, documents, and movies folders were all unable to be located (although my applications were fine and my hard drive still showed that the space was the same). I'm not sure if I imported some problem from my iBook or if my hard drive was just messing up again, but I've decided that I either need to upgrade or get a new computer.
Basically, I am thinking about upgrading my memory, getting a new hard drive, and upgrading to leopard (mostly for time machine). Or, possibly getting a new iMac or waiting a bit and then getting a new iMac or even (gasp) a PC (highly unlikely).
I was going to get the memory from ramjet and I was thinking of only adding 1GB to make 2GB but could be persuaded of getting more but 400Mhz DDR memory is a bit more expensive than other types. As for the hard drive, I was thinking about getting a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 320-GB Hard Drive with a 16 MB cache. I could pay $15 more for a 500GB with 32 MB cache but i really don't need the space and am unsure whether the cache will really help much. Seagates used to have a pretty good rep I thought, but now they seem to be getting mixed reviews, so I don't know.
Obviously, I am no computer expert, so any help would be great. Would it be worth it to spend between $250 and $325 to get the memory, drive, and leapord when I could maybe sell my G5 and my 23" apple cinema display (the old clear kind) and get an iMac? I could maybe get about $700 - $800 for the G5 and around $300 - $350 for the display. Will an iMac be faster than my G5 with the upgrades? I don't think I need a mac pro for my current uses.
Thanks for your help. Feel free to offer advice on what to do with my iBook too.
-rhineth

Memory: $60 for 2 x 1GB, I'd call that very affordable.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/3200DDR2GBP/
Disk drives: 2 x $69 for pair of WD Caviar 640GB
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD6400AAKS/
It is not about capacity as much as speed and quiet, cool, and how well it handles OS X. I use half the drive, other half is unformatted free space. I'd skip the Seagates. 7200.11 is current.
I expect new iMacs in '09 as they are overdue.
Hard drives you keep or put in FW case.
Current Leopard is 10.5.4 DVD but would be nice to see another DVD now with 10.5.6, $109 (Amazon, maybe less Newegg?).
iMac vs others:
http://www.macworld.com/article/133467/2008/05/imaccomparison.html
http://www.barefeats.com/harper7.html
http://www.barefeats.com/imp02.html
Sounds like three things you may not be doing or have:
SuperDuper for backups. You don't need Leopard.
Disk Warrior. Everyone, or I should say "HFS+" needs #1 disk repair utility.
Backup drives. Two backup sets you switch between, and a small "emergency" partition on one for running Disk Warrior and such.
I replace or move older drives to backup use and put new boot drive in on a yearly basis. Some new drives and memory should be all you need. A couple people even stress their system with graphics and video, and upgrading to 3 or 4 new drives revived their system so that they could hold on and wait another year.

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