powermac g5

Howdy y'all. Long time no see. in 2022 I received a pcie Powermac G5 dual core 2.0 (not dual cpu) because a friend of mine was emptying out some old stuff of his mother's and because he knew I was a macmodding guy he gave it to me. I installed linux on it, played around, compiled a bunch of...

So, I am planning to build a custom hackintosh inside an old MacPro case, like many other people seem to have done. I haven't yet bought the MacPro case, or motherboard, but I am holding off temporarily until I can get more information on how to connect everything together, and the only bit I...

Recently I finally managed to acquire my dreamed PMG5 Quad, I was aware of the leak problem that usually occurs, my computer seems NEVER to have leaked, but I don't want to start using it without first ensuring that this will not happen. I also know there was a second revision that looks like it...

I have a PowerMac G5 Quad I install a pair of 2GB DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 Ram in the right slot (mirrored centermost) At first, I got 3 beep and the fan start to spin fast After some re-seat and change ram module, I got the boot chime But a few second after the chime, overtemp led bright up...

Interested to hear some real-life experiences. Theoretically it should be possible, and at least Tempo are officially supported (bootability is not, but apparently doable via OpenFirmware trickery.) What SSD make sense to get for such cards to get the max speed while not overpaying unnecessarily?

Hi, I'm trying to get a powerpc64 computer to run linux on, as I need it to compile my code for a mate (long story), and, to my knowledge, the g5s are basically the only option other than spending a couple hundred quid on a pseries server. I want to get the late 2005 g5 quad, as it's got the...

Hi, I recently bought a dual 2.5 GHz powermac g5. It was working fine doing stuff on 10.5.8 leopard until i shut it down. Now when I boot to the desktop, it freezes up about 10-15 seconds after reaching the desktop. I tried booting into safe mode but it just boot loops and now I'm stuck boot...

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...

Hey together, greetings from Germany. I'd like to get straight to the point. I have two old Powermacs G5 in my attic that are currently only collecting dust. They both do not work anymore, but i have seen other use cases for them (furniture, collectors items, etc.) online. The cases are intact...

After having previously purchased 2 of these aluminum monsters, I plan to keep them alive for as long as the hardware will allow me to (and hopefully push them to their limits). That leads to my questions: What should the standard procedure be to keeping these things operating optimally? I...

As the title states, I've been looking for a driver for this specific Realtek chip for my two G5's. I'm unable to find it anywhere and wonder if anyone has a driver that's functional for these adapters for Mac OS 10.5. I would get an airport card if one of the systems I was planning to use it on...

Hi community, so I have my old PowerMac G5 Late 2005 with 2,5 ghz dual cpu single Delphi pump laying around, but it’s broken. It immediately overheats, which makes me suspect the pump. That LCS is just unusable for me and I am not experienced enough to bother fixing it. So I searched on eBay and...

Hello, This topic stemmed from an idea I had to potentially improve and or experiment with the cooling inside my Late 05 2.3Ghz G5. The concept was simple, I wanted to develop and design a 3D printable AIO mounting bracket for a Corsair H60 Original model AIO cooler, and as a result the...

Hello, This question has likely already been answered many times previously, however curiosity had gotten the best of me to ask on this forum. As likely far fetched as it sounds I'm asking if it is at all possible to change system parameters of the PowerMac G5, such as: Memory Speed, Clock...

What is the absolute latest version of linux that will run on a G5. I seen the Lubuntu Remix on here (16.04), but curious if instead of getting a PC I can still get a good number of years off a Power Mac... I know... it's weird but I want to use something other than intel and AMD... but you guys...

I was testing a fx 4500 that i flashed 30 minutes ago and wanted to do a openmark benchmark it went down to 9 fps then click device shut itself down. I first though it overheated or something because it switchs itself off immedietly when i press the power on button. I can see that motherboard...

I had recently gotten an old PowerMac g5 from a local school of mine and loved it as I used to have one when they first came out. It needed a hard drive and a good cleaning, so I installed a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo I had laying around, and got a 10.4 tiger disk from an old local mac store and...

Hi All, I'm new here, and a first time Mac use, so I hope this goes to the right place? I got hold of a Powermac G5 from an auction and got it up and running by re-seating all the boards etc, and it was loaded with stuff from a DJ. Everything worked fine until I messed up by going to the Disk...

So I have a G5 quad and it boots ok, then the fans start to get pretty loud (I don’t believe full speed but I would say faster than it should be, but then after a couple of minutes, it freezes up and goes to sleep (sometimes it just freezes on what ever screen your on). I checked the LCS and it...

I haven't seen a G5 be so fast on the internet before, is this video real? YouTube plays smoothly at 720p 60 frames per second using firefox 47. Is 16.04 ubuntu always this good on older G5's?