I still have my G5, and it continues to run strong and without issue to this
day. Sorry you had problems with yours. According to my Apple order form, I
placed the order 22 August 2005, with arrival in early September. As I recall,
it was specifically ordered shortly after the announcement of the move to Intel
CPU's.
Aside from upgrading RAM and HDD's, no other hardware mods have been done.
The G5 replaced an 8600, that had been used for 8+ years. That was a great
system for me too. Only ever had one problem with the 8600. As I left the
military, the 8600 was in storage/transport for roughly a month and a half.
When unpacked, I had to "zap the PRAM" to get it going again.
Maybe I have just been luck with my PPC HW.
Jerry
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Z0BM PMG5 CTO 2.7 DP 1 xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
With the following configuration:
Processor 065-5747 Dual 2.7GHz PowerPC G5
Memory 065-5701 1GB MB DDR400 (PC3200)-2X512
Hard Drive 065-5536 250GB Serial ATA-7200rpm
Optical Drive 065-5537 16x SD DL(DVD-R/CD-RW)
Graphic Support 065-5539 ATI Radeon 9650 XT w/256MB
Modem 065-5719 None
Wireless 065-5723 None
Gigabit Ethernet PCI 065-5734 None
Fibre Chl PCI 065-5736 None
Keyboard Language 065-5531 Apple Keyboard & Mouse
Mac OS Language 065-5543 Mac OS X-Multilingual
Server Mac OS Language 065-5738 None
Apple Software Applications 065-5796None...
Spare Characteristic 065-4681 None....
Country Kit 065-5529 Country Kit
On 10/ 9/17 05:15 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
G5s were a beautiful piece of hardware.
BUT they were relatively unreliable (soldering, water-cooling, PSU...), and
they are way less powerful that subsequent Intel Macs. Besides, they suck
power like crazy. :-D
I had a 2.7 GHz dual processor with liquid cooling. Great machine, no doubt
about it, and a delight to expand; but IIRC its power consumption was around
300 W (my 2009 iMac 24" consumes just around 100 W, screen included), and
one day the Ram soldering went kaputt.
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