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PowerMac G5 questions

Zeke D said:
usually not for the HS. There is usually a void between the daughter card to assist with radiant heat. The HS usually has a portion that makes contact with the CPU and it is specifically lined up with the location of the CPU.

As for volume and eject, I believe one of the Function buttons will still eject (F16 i think?) Keep in mind the volume can be controlled by the title bar. It's a shame you are not close to me, I would just give you a slot loading G3 keyboard with volume and eject buttons.
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Eject usually is F12.
 
Zeke D said:
As for volume and eject, I believe one of the Function buttons will still eject (F16 i think?) Keep in mind the volume can be controlled by the title bar. It's a shame you are not close to me, I would just give you a slot loading G3 keyboard with volume and eject buttons.
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u can ship it to me :D

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Nameci said:
Eject usually is F12.
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yea i know but thats with a non apple keyboard
 
Cards

Pc cards in a Mac are a toss up. If you look at the osx86 project they may have kernels you can use to run them but if they don't have drivers for th Mac then no. Hardware isn't the issue per say it's software.


Good luck.
 
havokalien said:
Pc cards in a Mac are a toss up. If you look at the osx86 project they may have kernels you can use to run them but if they don't have drivers for th Mac then no. Hardware isn't the issue per say it's software.


Good luck.
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but macs are UNIX just like Linux these cards all work on Linux out of the box OSx86 project has nothing on my Linksys card and says the sound card dont work but thats not saying anything about it working in a REAL mac

EDIT: its been reported the Linksys WMP54G works in a Sawtooth with leopard reported as a AirPort card
EDIT: i cant find anything on the Audigy SE working on a PowerMac but Sound Blaster Live card do but i know SB Live! cards have a different chipset
EDIT my SATA RAID card has the Silicon Image 3512 Chipset is this verified Mac compatibile? It used the si3112r driver
 
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Mac OS X is more UNIX like than Linux. Linux is an unauthorized clone of Bell Lab's UNIX that has since gone quite far from it. Mac OS X is also based off of a clone of UNIX call BSD.
 
just looking at online guides as to upgrading my MDD when i get it one thing in the images is this daughter card not mentioned in any guides at all

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what is the green daughter card directly behind the PCI Slots?

also does the MDD support Dual Channel RAM?
 
LeoTheLion89 said:
just looking at online guides as to upgrading my MDD when i get it one thing in the images is this daughter card not mentioned in any guides at all
what is the green daughter card directly behind the PCI Slots?

also does the MDD support Dual Channel RAM?
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That's a modem card. Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but usually only the CPU is referred to as a daughter card.
 
LeoTheLion89 said:
is it removable? no one uses modems anymore!
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You can remove it by unscrewing the two screws, and gently prying back the black tab. I would suggest leaving it in there, it doesn't consume any CPU cycles or memory, plus leaving your unit with original components like the modem is never a bad thing.
 
Zeke D said:
You can remove it by unscrewing the two screws, and gently prying back the black tab. I would suggest leaving it in there, it doesn't consume any CPU cycles or memory, plus leaving your unit with original components like the modem is never a bad thing.
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CPU cycles aint wat i care about MDDs are called Windtunnels they run super hot and loud even AFTER the apple kit for it i wanted to remove the modem from the unit and the port from the back of the unit so i can mount 2 fans on the CPU (one on top and one behind) as well as 2 rear exhaust fans i know the system fan is 120mm but what is the size of the OD bay fan and the PSU fans? removing the modem might to a tad on cooling​
 
LeoTheLion89 said:
CPU cycles aint wat i care about MDDs are called Windtunnels they run super hot and loud even AFTER the apple kit for it i wanted to remove the modem from the unit and the port from the back of the unit so i can mount 2 fans on the CPU (one on top and one behind) as well as 2 rear exhaust fans i know the system fan is 120mm but what is the size of the OD bay fan and the PSU fans? removing the modem might to a tad on cooling​
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Possibly, I suspect it wouldn't make a lot of difference though.
 
can the MDD part of the MAc be removed? being i get 2 ODD bays i was gonna install a Card reader into it (since it has a speaker i dont need to use my speaker bay) so i was wondering it its easy or possible to take the cover off so i can install the reader and not have to filp the cover down to use it
 
LeoTheLion89 said:
can the MDD part of the MAc be removed? being i get 2 ODD bays i was gonna install a Card reader into it (since it has a speaker i dont need to use my speaker bay) so i was wondering it its easy or possible to take the cover off so i can install the reader and not have to filp the cover down to use it
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I really would not recommend doing this. Just buy a USB card reader and unplug it when you're not using it. You will save yourself a lot of time and you won't have to tear up the case.
 
92WardSenatorFE said:
I really would not recommend doing this. Just buy a USB card reader and unplug it when you're not using it. You will save yourself a lot of time and you won't have to tear up the case.
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i never said tear up the case i know eMac u can manually open the drive panel can u manually open the MDDs panels in such a way?
 
LeoTheLion89 said:
thing i wonder on is y does the MDD have 2 driver bays in fact so does the QuickSilver but question is y would u want 2 ODDs in a Mac?
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At one point in time, copying cd's was a big thing. Having two drive bays made this easy. It could also be used to quickly burn discs if the machine is used for professional purposes.
 
I'm working through ripping 600 DVD's, when that is complete I'm going to start a 2000 DVD collection being able to do more than 1 at a time is beneficial.

My former hackintosh is now a linux box ripping 3 DVD's at a time with K9copy, the G5 does one with MTR, and the MacBook does one with Mac DVD Ripper Pro. I can do about 15-20 a day.
 
GermanyChris said:
I'm working through ripping 600 DVD's, when that is complete I'm going to start a 2000 DVD collection being able to do more than 1 at a time is beneficial.

My former hackintosh is now a linux box ripping 3 DVD's at a time with K9copy, the G5 does one with MTR, and the MacBook does one with Mac DVD Ripper Pro. I can do about 15-20 a day.
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my hackintosh screwed up i have no wifi and i cant get it to work again
 
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