C'mon, this is the stuff future Darwin Award winners and runner ups are made from.
Give him a few years, and a 12-pack of beer, and we will be rolling on the floor laughing at what this can do attitude can accomplish under the influence of beer.
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Should I remove the G4 Processor in the iBook G4 and give it a G5?
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C'mon, this is the stuff future Darwin Award winners and runner ups are made from.
Give him a few years, and a 12-pack of beer, and we will be rolling on the floor laughing at what this can do attitude can accomplish under the influence of beer.
1. it sound like he has a lot of money
2. if does wreck his ibook at least he can sell it for parts
I do have to say that this thread has kept me amused.
To the OP, if you do indeed attempt this, er, feat, then please take tons of pictures.
To the OP, if you do indeed attempt this, er, feat, then please take tons of pictures.
My other friend did not buy the maxed out Mac Pro, because I stopped and convinced him that his 17" MacBook Pro good enough for him. He believed it.
More Bad News: My friend gave the iMac G5 to somebody else with the G5 Processor. He thinks I might still do this stunt and that's why he gave it to somebody else. No more G5 for the iBook .
More Bad News: My friend gave the iMac G5 to somebody else with the G5 Processor. He thinks I might still do this stunt and that's why he gave it to somebody else. No more G5 for the iBook
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That's a good thing. As many, many, many informed people have mentioned, the G5 would not work with your iBook. Period. Ever.No more G5 for the iBook
I'm kind of glad you weren't able to. No reason to visit the hospital over a computer disaster. You should probably go thank your friend
My other friend did not buy the maxed out Mac Pro, because I stopped and convinced him that his 17" MacBook Pro good enough for him. He believed it.
More Bad News: My friend gave the iMac G5 to somebody else with the G5 Processor. He thinks I might still do this stunt and that's why he gave it to somebody else. No more G5 for the iBook
Smart friend. I'm glad this topic had a safe resolution, as in no houses burning down, no useless computers, etc.
Thing is, you're not the first to try, I'm sure. I'll bet my life many other people have tried.
..Well, do you see any stories stating it worked?! Thought not.
And just for the amusment of myself, why not buy a G5 off of ebay?
..Well, do you see any stories stating it worked?! Thought not.
And just for the amusment of myself, why not buy a G5 off of ebay?
I am a smart person and don't EVER call me not smart! I was eager to try something new, something that nobody else did before (except Apple) and I tried.
I was eager to try something new, something that nobody else did before (except Apple) and I tried.I am a smart person and don't EVER call me not smart!
If you were really as smart as you say you are you would have listed to the several posts in this thread telling you why this was NOT POSSIBLE, PERIOD instead of ignoring them all..
nazmac21, you deserve credit for at least dreaming of accomplishing the impossible. Now get to work on that tele-transporter if you want to make something useful!
Now get to work on that tele-transporter if you want to make something useful!
But on the other hand, I will try to find a refurbished G5 mac and buy it. This time it's going to be a PowerMac G5 which will be easier to remove the processor from. Sorry guys, I just could not stop this addiction.
Winter getting a little long over there in Minnesota? Boredom will cause you to do the craziest things! At least you'll have a good personal heater...
At least you'll have a good personal heater...
If you're going to try the impossible, why a G5? Why not stick an Intel chip in that iBook - it'll use less power and be a lot faster than any G5 system.
Plus, the Intel chip will at least physically fit into the iBook, sort of, whereas a heat-sinked G5 is too tall to even wedge into the case anywhere.
Plus, the Intel chip will at least physically fit into the iBook, sort of, whereas a heat-sinked G5 is too tall to even wedge into the case anywhere.
I am a smart person and don't EVER call me not smart!
People have had to tried to do this before, think of back when the rumors of the G5 powerbooks came around, They did not post on this because, well it didn't work. Chances are they were not able to even get power to the board.
simply put. You = not smart.
Friend that stopped you = smart. This is a true friend.
BTW yes Apple tried it and it did not work. Apple has some absolutely brilliant engineers, (I know because I work with them from time to time) and if it was even remotely possible they would have been able to pull it off.
Thank You jsw. I might give that idea a try. But wouldn't the intel chip would be even harder to put in the iBook G4 because it has a x86 architecture while the G5 is PowerPC.
with the intel core duo in a small laptop, i don't think the idea of a very powerful processor is totally out of the question
and maybe the warmer G5 can somehow be accomodated into a laptop with the right cooling
...but how do you get around the differences in architecture between the motherboard of an iBook G4 and the G5 processor?
years, back, a tinkering mac user combined an old G3 imac together with a large screen 21" or 24" inch crt sony monitor and made it work as one unit (i saw this on steve wozniak's personal website, which is www.woz.org )
and maybe the warmer G5 can somehow be accomodated into a laptop with the right cooling
...but how do you get around the differences in architecture between the motherboard of an iBook G4 and the G5 processor?
years, back, a tinkering mac user combined an old G3 imac together with a large screen 21" or 24" inch crt sony monitor and made it work as one unit (i saw this on steve wozniak's personal website, which is www.woz.org )
Its called flamebait guys
Usually easy to spot the socially stunted teenies having nothing better to do on a weeknight.
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