powermac g5

I have a dead PowerMac G5 that appears to have a BGA RAM Slot failure, I have heard that some people have had success using a heatgun or an oven to rejoin the solder joint. Has anyone had any success (or failures) attempting to do this. When I turn on my PowerMac I don't get the 3 flashing lights.

A while back I tried this guide on my iBook G4 to try to get it to boot into OS 9, but it didn't work because the iBook was newer than the one in the guide. But my PowerMac G5 is from about the same time, maybe older. Would it be possible to install OS 9 on the G5 using this method? I'm going to...

Purchased a PowerMac G5 DP 2.5GHz PCIx Liquid Cooled a few weeks ago on an online classified site (it was only $10 so I might as well) the previous owner said that the mac would "boot when cold and wouldn't turn on when hot". Took it home, thinking it was an issue with the LCS I opened the...

I have a PowerMac G5 2.5 DP PCI-X June 2004 model and recently took it apart to clean/inspect the LCS. At this point in time there doesn't appear to be any leaks however I know that my specific model is very prone to leak. Is there any way I can prevent any leaks from the LCS in the future? I...

Looking to buy a PowerMac G5, only thing is that it doesn't have any Ram, what kind of ram does it need, will standard 800MHz DDR2 work or will I need 533MHz?

I was wondering if anyone knew a way to download Final Cut Pro 5, i have a serial number for it but cannot find a download for it anywhere on the internet. Any help would be appreciated.:) Computer: Dual 2GHz PowerMac G5 2GB DDR RAM OSX 10.5.8

Hello, I'm thinking about buying a PowerMac G5 to replace my iMac G5 (no, I don't want something higher, I don't want to wait longer to have money to buy a Mac Pro, or take a IntelMini, no, it would be a PowerMac G5 or nothing, anyway, I will take it on a french site like craiglist, G5 are like...

I have a PowerMac G5 dual 1.8GHz model. I picked up a new 500GB SATA WD blue hard drive to replace the original. I popped the drive in and started up off the DVD to install 10.5. The disk utility refuses to see the drive. I tested it in another machine and it shows up just fine, so I don't...