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>
> I've aquired a G5 Dual 1.8Ghz from a studio clearout and it has had
> the hard drives and memory removed. (Didn't cost me anything)
>
> In the wonderful world of PC's, you can set things up (Bios,
> peripherals etc) via and 'F' key during initial start up.  This
> usually can be done even if there are no memory modules or hard drive
> attached.  Is this sort of thing possible on Macs?

Er, I've never seen a PC that boots without RAM. In any case, I don't
think G5s will.
>
> I believe it has the stock video card with ADC and DVI outputs.  I've
> used an Apple DVI to VGA adapter and hooked it up to a PC monitor.
> I've attached the (black) apple keyboard and mouse from my G4 and
> nothing happens.  I'm just abit skeptical about buying memory and a
> SATA drives (that's what the connectors look like to me) for a machine
> that my be totally dead.
>
> T
>
> >
>



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-hackmiester

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