#DUAL CPU IN A POWER MAC G5 CASE MOVIE#
#DUAL CPU IN A POWER MAC G5 CASE PRO#

On the top right of the case, you'll find the hard drive bays, one of which in this case was occupied by a still-spinning OEM hard drive. When inserting RAM back in upon reassembly, be sure to use matched pairs (equal MB/GB sizes) starting in slots 2 and 3, with 1 being the top-most and 4 being the bottom-most slot. With most of the major bits and bobs out of the case, I removed the RAM modules, which are pretty obvious but directly below the single fan assembly in four horizontal rows. This module has a wired and clipped connection to the motherboard, which requires using a small screwdriver and minimal force to free. Next, I removed that upper fan module by depressing the clip and sliding it towards myself, out of the tower. This fan module sits in the left-most horizontal divot in the center of the tower. To the top left of the fan module I just removed was a single fan and speaker module, which provided airflow to the graphics card(s) and acted as the single built-in audio source on the tower.

Mostly disassembled, and not quite clean. Simply pulling firmly on the module removes it note the connector slides directly into and out of its port on the motherboard, requiring no additional unclasping. The first step was to remove the fan module immediately to the left of the dual G5 processors, indicated by the small rectangular handle. Not to be deterred from the $80 I sunk into the tower and its very dated 20-inch 1680x1050 monitor, I began the process of disassembly by removing the plastic cover - which (fun fact) is required for air to flow properly through the case.

#DUAL CPU IN A POWER MAC G5 CASE MOVIE#

Heavy and unwieldy as it was, I managed to get the Power Mac home in one piece, and popped open the side panel to reveal something that looked like a scene from the movie 'Dune'. 'How dusty is this thing,' I wondered, 'and how much money am I actually going to be willing to invest to get a computer of legal driving age to turn on? The answers were 'extremely' and 'about $50'. When I picked this up from a random stranger's garage, I had no idea what to expect.

A special DisplayPort which provided power and video signal.

Lots of ports, like Firewire 400/800, optical audio in/out, and Ethernet.

#DUAL CPU IN A POWER MAC G5 CASE PRO#

AMD Radeon 9600 Pro graphics card with 64MB of VRAM.

Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11G Wifi card.Dual-core PowerPC G5 processors running at 2.0GHz.This Mac's model identifiers are as follows:Īnd its specifications after the build was complete: I stumbled across a well-priced storage unit purchase a seller didn't know much about, and decided to jump on a 'COVID project', which ended up being simpler than I expected. I've long admired the Power Mac design, which persisted from the days of PowerPC (1994 - 2005) until Apple's transition to Intel processors (2006), all the way up to the 'trash can' redesign in 2013. As design head Jony Ive stated in an interview regarding the G5: 'We wanted to get rid of anything other than what was absolutely essential,' and that they absolutely did. Back in 2003, Apple's Power Mac G5 was a dual-core monster with a dual 2.0GHz processor and up to 8GB of 400MHz DDR RAM, it pales in comparison to any Apple computer on sale today, but remains one of the greats in Apple's storied portfolio of consumer design successes.īuilding on the success of the then-recent Power Mac G4 and G4 Cube, Apple decided it was time to further simplify their pro-sumer lineup with a brand-new design in 2003, with the announcement of the Power Mac G5 tower.

Dual cpu in a power mac g5 case