G5 dual 2.5Mhz, June 2004, Radeon 9800 XT video. Model #A1047 EMC# 1969. M9457LL/A, liquid cooling.
Photo's http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenstrek/sets/72157632624630081/ The case got bent, the hard drive and video card were dislarged on arrival. When received there was no anchor screw in the video card slot and no sled for the HD. The video card was reseated and appears OK, the hard drive is toast. The G5 will boot from a retail OS 10.4 install DVD. It will also boot from a external FireWire 10.4.11 drive. All appears OK for the short time I had it running. Conerns; 1. Damaged/Leaking LCS -- how to inspect it. 2. Hard drive cables and connectors -- no SATA drive at hand to test (one cable was found disconnected from the motherboard. The seller has offered to: 1) send a new case 2) OR offer some $$ compensation Questions: 1) Would anyone want to use this as production computer? All my production software is Mac PCI based. 2) How hard is it to take all guts out of this G5 and reassemble in a new case? Any propriety tools needed? And how to find "take a part" instructions? I'm up for a challenge --but is it worth it ??? 3) Just live with the bend up case and get a few dollars off purchase price after all the Mac is 9 years old. Somewhat disappointing to finally get G5 and receive it in a damaged condition. Sort'a like buying a classic Corvette and getting slammed by a distracted driver while stopped at a traffic light on its first drive. OTOH it is a challenge to restore what is left to restore. All responses welcomed, thanks --glen -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
