Hi there!
Wanted to pimp up my trusty, old G5 (model 7,2 2x2Ghz) and here how I did it successfully.
Standard off-shelf memory by Adata (Taiwan), DDR 400 for desktops seems fine. 512 MB module cost EUR 20,- each, bought 6 and running now with full 4GB of memory smoothly.
Standard off-shelf Serial ATA HD's by Hitatchi (or by any other factory, I believe) works fine. 650 GB for EUR 55,- 1TB for EUR 80,-. Plugged them in and partitioned with Disk Utility and ready.
Sitecom PCI card 300N WL-181 (v1 001) has Mac driver at Sitcome site even if the box does not list Mac support. The card cost me EUR 40,-
New Airport Express 11n seems to work just fine with all the above.
How did I install the 11n wireless:
*** First update all the SW with Software Update. Needed to run it several times and boot often to get the list empty (not too good doing the updates...) Install the Airport stuff from the CD and run the SW Update once more. Make sure having the absolutely latest updates for everything in place, do not cut corners!
*** Install the (the latest) Sitecom 300N driver from the web. Their own updater did not install anything new to me, so the one in the web now is likely the newest.
*** Unplug the (cable) modem for 10 minutes, replug and let it reboot. This updates it's FW - just in case... I am on cable and rebooting the box took close to 20 minutes after replugging it.
*** Install the 300N physically. Installed it to the PCI slot 3 (one down from the top), which is the fastest after the bottom slot taken by the graphics card. Reboot and activate the card (System Preferences / Network). The tree antenna's are set to point to as different directions as their movement allows.
*** Connect the Airport to cable modem with network cable and plug it to electricity. Let it boot, it takes quite a while. Using Airport Utility, find the established new network, rename it, give it a password and set the security. Note: if changing any settings, it takes surprisingly long before the Airport reboots, first time I thought something had gone wrong. Be patient with it.
*** Using the Wireless Utility from Sitecom, connect to the new network using the settings made above. The GUI of the Sitecom Utility is not anything fancy we Mac users are used to, but it works.
Itunes music flows perfectly to my stereo system via a sound cable from the Airport (banana plug to RCI cable). Enable AirTunes with AirPort Utility, give a name to your stereo system and select that on iTunes bottom right corner.
Running 11n wireless with full speeds now, and actually connecting to it with my Windows work laptop as well. Works like a charm!
Regz,
AmsterdamG5
Wanted to pimp up my trusty, old G5 (model 7,2 2x2Ghz) and here how I did it successfully.
Standard off-shelf memory by Adata (Taiwan), DDR 400 for desktops seems fine. 512 MB module cost EUR 20,- each, bought 6 and running now with full 4GB of memory smoothly.
Standard off-shelf Serial ATA HD's by Hitatchi (or by any other factory, I believe) works fine. 650 GB for EUR 55,- 1TB for EUR 80,-. Plugged them in and partitioned with Disk Utility and ready.
Sitecom PCI card 300N WL-181 (v1 001) has Mac driver at Sitcome site even if the box does not list Mac support. The card cost me EUR 40,-
New Airport Express 11n seems to work just fine with all the above.
How did I install the 11n wireless:
*** First update all the SW with Software Update. Needed to run it several times and boot often to get the list empty (not too good doing the updates...) Install the Airport stuff from the CD and run the SW Update once more. Make sure having the absolutely latest updates for everything in place, do not cut corners!
*** Install the (the latest) Sitecom 300N driver from the web. Their own updater did not install anything new to me, so the one in the web now is likely the newest.
*** Unplug the (cable) modem for 10 minutes, replug and let it reboot. This updates it's FW - just in case... I am on cable and rebooting the box took close to 20 minutes after replugging it.
*** Install the 300N physically. Installed it to the PCI slot 3 (one down from the top), which is the fastest after the bottom slot taken by the graphics card. Reboot and activate the card (System Preferences / Network). The tree antenna's are set to point to as different directions as their movement allows.
*** Connect the Airport to cable modem with network cable and plug it to electricity. Let it boot, it takes quite a while. Using Airport Utility, find the established new network, rename it, give it a password and set the security. Note: if changing any settings, it takes surprisingly long before the Airport reboots, first time I thought something had gone wrong. Be patient with it.
*** Using the Wireless Utility from Sitecom, connect to the new network using the settings made above. The GUI of the Sitecom Utility is not anything fancy we Mac users are used to, but it works.
Itunes music flows perfectly to my stereo system via a sound cable from the Airport (banana plug to RCI cable). Enable AirTunes with AirPort Utility, give a name to your stereo system and select that on iTunes bottom right corner.
Running 11n wireless with full speeds now, and actually connecting to it with my Windows work laptop as well. Works like a charm!
Regz,
AmsterdamG5