Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-05 Thread David W. Morris
You may laugh about putting a diaper around the cpu's, but the top of the G5 PSU actually comes with exactly that fixed to it on the liquid cooled models. When I asked you to check for corrosion and possible leaks, I should have told you that you must remove the heat sinks and liquid

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-05 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 4, 2011, at 9:54 PM, David W. Morris wrote: You may laugh about putting a diaper around the cpu's, but the top of the G5 PSU actually comes with exactly that fixed to it on the liquid cooled models. When I asked you to check for corrosion and possible leaks, I should have told you

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-05 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 5-11-2011 5:54, David W. Morris ha scritto: When I asked you to check for corrosion and possible leaks, I should have told you that you must remove the heat sinks and liquid cooling system to check for leaks around the O rings of the heat sinks. You cannot see it unless you remove

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-05 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 5-11-2011 5:54, David W. Morris ha scritto: When I asked you to check for corrosion and possible leaks, I should have told you that you must remove the heat sinks and liquid cooling system to check for leaks around the O rings of

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Nov 4, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: Everything I have read is that 10.X installs are monolithic. ie: they include everything needed for any machine that will run the OS. I know G5s can run 10.5, but we still have classic apps that we run and I have not been able to get

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 4-11-2011 15:34, Len Gerstel ha scritto: My plan is to install the HD for the G5 into my DA (with a SATA card) and just clone my DA HD onto it. I had the same situation (OSX 10.4.11 from G4 DA to G5 2.7) some time ago, asked about it and everybody said Go ahead, clone it! No problem

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Nov 4, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 4-11-2011 15:34, Len Gerstel ha scritto: My plan is to install the HD for the G5 into my DA (with a SATA card) and just clone my DA HD onto it. I had the same situation (OSX 10.4.11 from G4 DA to G5 2.7) some time ago, asked

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 4-11-2011 18:41, Len Gerstel ha scritto: Tough call. I like mucking around and straight to SATA will be faster than Firewire 400. Sure. And it's geekier swapping disks and connecting them... :-D I was mostly concerned about pci-x and the fan controls. I don't know if I am getting

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Len Gerstel
On Nov 4, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 4-11-2011 18:41, Len Gerstel ha scritto: I was mostly concerned about pci-x and the fan controls. I don't know if I am getting a hardware test disk with it. My G5 (2,7 DP) is quite silent. During normal operations, I can barely

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 4, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Nov 4, 2011, at 3:31 PM, JohnCarmonne wrote: You're going to need the ASD 2.5.7 to check and calibrate the fans. I have this ASD 2.5.7, but I've never actually checked and calibrated the fans. When Apple replaced the logicboard CPUs

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread David W. Morris
Have you opened up your Dual 2.7GHz G5 and removed the CPU's to check for corrosion, or leaks? I have both a dual 2.7GHz and dual 2.5gHz G5 PowerMac and both of them had the beginnings of leaks and considerable corrosion from the O rings, so I took them apart, cleaned off the corrosion

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 4-11-2011 21:57, David W. Morris ha scritto: Have you opened up your Dual 2.7GHz G5 and removed the CPU's to check for corrosion, or leaks? Yes, I heard about this problem with liquid-cooled G5s, so when I got it I immediately opened and checked it out. No leaks or any trace

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Jim Scott
On Nov 4, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 4-11-2011 21:57, David W. Morris ha scritto: Anyway, back to the point of my message. I suggest you check any liquid cooled G5 Mac computer for leaks and corrosion, before you have a catastrophic leak and failure that damages the

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 4, 2011, at 4:21 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Nov 4, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 4-11-2011 21:57, David W. Morris ha scritto: Anyway, back to the point of my message. I suggest you check any liquid cooled G5 Mac computer for leaks and corrosion, before you have

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread JohnCarmonne
On Nov 4, 2011, at 1:57 PM, David W. Morris wrote: . For some reason, only one of the two 2.5GHz G5 CPU's is being shown as working in the About this Mac menu item. When I swap the G5's from one side to the other, it is always the same side that is not working, so both of the G5 CPU's

Re: Can I CCC a 10.4 from a G4 DA to a G5?

2011-11-04 Thread Roger Hodge
I transfered Tiger from my Quicksilver to my G5 with no problems. Been running it for about 8 months now... On Nov 4, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Len Gerstel wrote: Everything I have read is that 10.X installs are monolithic. ie: they include everything needed for any machine that will run the OS.