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Joshuarocks

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Mar 12, 2011
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Hello everyone!

Only four more days till I get my G5 Quad.. quick question.. I read somewhere that the reception and quality of the airport/bluetooth run off card for the G5's was not so good.. is this correct? I wanted to get some feedback from those who have the built in airport/bluetooth run off card in their G5 Quads, and dual cores(only for those PCIe models) and the feedback about how good or bad the reception is..

I found one all put together for like 50.00 dollars, and I wanted to know before I purchase it how good is the reception on it? As of right now, I do have a bluetooth 2.1 usb adapter, and a 802.11 a/b/g/g+/n USB adapter, but prefer to use the internal one even though everything I own is using wireless G.

Thanks

I don't know about you, but I am dedicated to keeping the PPC alive for future generations.. its not obsolete in my eye. :)
 

300D

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May 2, 2009
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Reception is fine. You need to worry about the water cooling system on your CPUs.
 

Joshuarocks

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Mar 12, 2011
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Somewhere in Cyberspace
No. The newer pumps were used May-August.

Ok, looking at my Quad.. it seems I do have the newer pump :) It is a panasonic.. can barely make out the name, but the name starts with a P.. Sorry, I made a mistake.. the Quad I have according to the person who owned it told me he got it in June of 2006.
 
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OrangeSVTguy

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Sep 16, 2007
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The late '05s have much better airport reception than the older the older G5s without the built in antennas.

$50 seems like a good deal. The combo card itself is dirt cheap, it's just that riser card that is hard to find which is why they are more expensive.
 
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