G5 iMac taken apart: questions...

[dongmin]

I'm sure most of you have seen Kodawarisan's disassembly of the iMac G5. I have a couple quesitons regarding them:

1. What's that grey plastic thingy to the left of the ports? Bluetooth module? The Airport antenna is supposed to be somewhere else.

http://www.apple-x.net/images/imacG5inside/imacg527.jpghttp://www.apple-x.net/images/imacG5inside/imacg519.jpg


2. The larger fan at the top of the motherboard, is that for the GPU? I noticed that it's a quite a bit further up from the GPU?

http://www.apple-x.net/images/imacG5inside/imacg516.jpg


3. Finally, who/what is "Broadcom"? On Kodawarisan's site seems to suggest that it's the GPU, but shouldn't it be Nvidia?

http://www.apple-x.net/images/imacG5inside/imacg526.jpg

[Jigglelicious]

Just do a search for 'broadcom' in google. The Results should answer your questions.

[dongmin]

Just do a search for 'broadcom' in google. The Results should answer your questions.

They seem to do a bunch of stuff: bluetooth, 802.11, and wired networking.

so which is it?

and where is the GPU???

[tomf87]

Broadcom is a semiconductor manufacturer. Their semiconductors are used in several areas.

I have no idea where the GPU is, but I would assume it is under one of those fans, since the CPU and memory are located elsewhere.