Hackintosh iMac G5?

[3349793]

Hi All,

I would like to ask how hard is it to "hack" a G5? As in take all the original components out, and put brand new ones in? If it isn't that hard, then I might give it a go! And if it's fairly easy, what processor chips should I be looking at? i5 or i7?

Thanks, Alex.

 

[MacCubed]

There are videos on YouTube and on Tonymacx86 on how to do it, there is a thread here on how to use the original screen as a monitor which you could plug into the new mobo

 

[Altemose]

Please don't sacrifice a working G5 for a project like this but rather a dead one.

 

[MysticCow]

Please don't sacrifice a working G5 for a project like this but rather a dead one.

If the G5 iMac is alive, poor starving teachers like me would love to have it.

 

[3349793]

There are videos on YouTube and on Tonymacx86 on how to do it, there is a thread here on how to use the original screen as a monitor which you could plug into the new mobo

Thanks I'll check it out!

 

[3349793]

Please don't sacrifice a working G5 for a project like this but rather a dead one.

Don't worry, I won't. If I was to hackintosh it, then I would do it to a dead one!

 

[128keaton]

Don't worry, I won't. If I was to hackintosh it, then I would do it to a dead one!

Which arent hard to find. I'd gut it, fix and sell the logic board (not many working ones) to make some profit, then turn it around and hack.