powermac g4

My top two favourite Mac designs have to be the Power Mac G4 Cube and the late 2013 Mac Pro (6,1). I’m so happy and grateful to have been able to get my hands on both, each for a really good price and in great condition. Figured they look really nice side by side exposing their internals and...

Greetings! I have an older Power Mac 8600/200 and have several SCSI drives with old photos on them. They are stored in such a way that I can't open them up in Photoshop on my newer MacBookPro using stand-alone Photoshop CS 4.5. Although I have a auxiliary CD read/write unit, I can't find a...

I've been having issues with DVI output on an MDD Single 1.0Ghz Geforce 4MX system that I picked up recently. The machine boots up properly, but just doesn't ever output anything to the display. When trying with graphics cards with VGA outputs, the machine works flawlessly over VGA but never...

Hey guys, I am trying to install Tiger to an SSD, for my Graphite G4. It is currently having display issues, can’t get anything to show on screen. It boots and chimes though. I was wondering if I could use one of my other working macs to install tiger to the SSD and then replace it in the G4. I...

Hi, all. I have an beige G3 tower and a QuickSilver G4 that have been doing nothing but collect dust for years. Would this be an appropriate place to try and find new owners for each of them? If so, I can post pictures. The G3's case is missing a piece that I removed to create a little bit of...

I know these are known for being loud but I’m not sure if this is a known trait of the MDD PowerMacs. The moment I disconnect the adc monitor, the fans speed up and stay at full speed. I can use two monitors no issue but as soon as the adc monitor isn’t connected the fans speed up. The fans slow...

Hi people, I'm curious on hearing what you guys do for networking on a PowerMac. It can be really just anything, some examples being: Any cool WiFi/BT related upgrades, multiple ethernet cards, network file-sharing, best web browsing setup, web-hosting, etc etc.. I'm curious on seeing what you...

Hi! I was wondering about creating a custom dual CPU heatsink for the PowerMac G4 DA/QS (since apparently the QS heatsinks could also be used on the DA). Is this doable? Has this been done? I haven't seen many dual DA/QS around, some of them go for around $40 or more (when found) online. I...

Just sharing, as I thought this was super-handy. os9VNC works really well so that I can run an old os9 powerPC Mac in another room and VNC control it from my modern Intel (and Apple Silicon) Macs via the native VNC "Screen Sharing" client software on those newer machines. A quick google search...

Anyone know where I can get the SATA Card for Powermac MDD? If I buy the generic for PC, can I just plug in or I have to flash it with some script or something?

Hello all, I decided to make this post here because I was interested in knowing what some of you have used in terms of PCI upgrades for a PowerMac G4 AGP. I have a PowerMac G4 Digital Audio with an upgraded GPU with no populated PCI cards at the moment. I'm wondering what would be some good...

Hello! Currently, I have not seen someone confirm a Gigabit Ethernet CPU working in a Digital Audio. I have seen Gigabit Ethernet G4 CPU's around on eBay and some are even dual CPUs. This one I'm looking at here being at dual 800Mhz. eBay Link This reportedly being compatible with the...

Hello, this is my first post. I have used these forums for reference many times and some of the pages here are very helpful! I have a problem with a Digital Audio PowerMac G4 that I recently acquired. From other threads I've looked at it sounds like my power supply died. Symptoms and other...

I see a lot of benefits from having an MDD, but getting an MDD locally and online both are extremely difficult. I got lucky that I found a PowerMac of any kind locally here because it's extremely rare and in most cases they're overpriced if you find ANY. Motherboards don't appear so difficult...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a Radeon 9600 XT 128MB graphics card from eBay. It was listed as being Powermac G4 and G5 compatible. Basically, I wanted to get the best graphics card option that will allow me to use the ADC connection. I planned to use it in my MDD FW800. I was excited once...

I have a PowerMac G4 model M8570 and when I try to turn it on, the fan and the DS18 light turn red, but there is nothing on the monitor and no Apple’s classic startup chime. The hard drive turn on but there is nothing on the screen, it’s not showing me life. I checked for the BIOS battery but it...

I'm confused about dual processors... How much extra performance do you get? (Single 1.25 MDD vs dual 1.25 MDD powerMac G4) would a dual 1.25 power Mac equal or compare to the performance of a single 2ghz G4 or even a 1.6ghz G5? Lastly, could you say a dual 1.42 GHz power mac with both...

Hello everyone! I own a 2001 Quicksilver G4 tower and a 1st gen iPod, having recently installed OS X Puma on the Mac since I wanted to make an “era-appropriate” 1st gen iPod syncing setup. My iPod is on the latest software for the 1st gen, version 1.5. Unfortunately, even the last version of...

So did anyone else hear about the PPC related news from WWDC ;)

I have an EMC 1864 PowerMac G4 with 1GB RAM, running OS 9.2.1 and 10.4 that I am close to retiring/selling (it is not my primary computer). Sometimes when I press the power or reset button to start up the machine the screen remains black and instead of a grey screen appearing and booting it just...