Antenna for wireless

A few years ago a friend's cat chewed up the antenna on my old G5, 1.8. Now I need it! Finding a replacement seems rather expensive though. Look at this price! https://www.macpartsdepot.com/922-6043-airport-external-antenna-mac-pro-g5-powermac.html?gclid=CKWWsaHl284CFcSCfgodRqwK2w $55!

Re: My G5 problems (resurrecting two PowerMac G5 computers)

IIRC, I used four 6-32 UNC metal round head screws to add a second HD to my G5 a few years ago. It was not a perfect fit and it may have been more difficult to install the drive than it would with the standard Apple scews but it worked for me. I think the trick was not to screw them in all the

Re: My G5 problems (resurrecting two PowerMac G5 computers)

Thanks, Dana, re: You do not need railings or sleds for the HDs on a G5. You DO need four convex standout screws that screw into the hard drive sides are are used as guides for the drive to slide down the visible channels in the HD bay sides - top drive goes in first, starting in the

Re: Antenna for wireless

> Or you could buy the OEM Apple antenna plus a set of the correct Apple had > drive screws from me, shipped USPS Priority Mail from Eureka CA. How much > do you want to pay for that? The WiFi cards usually have one, two or three U.Fl connectors. Two is the most common for cards used on Apple

Re: Antenna for wireless

On Aug 25, 2016, at 1:59 PM, TVirkkala > wrote: A few years ago a friend's cat chewed up the antenna on my old G5, 1.8. Now I need it! Finding a replacement seems rather expensive though. Look at this price!

Re: Antenna for wireless

Never mind what I said below about making an antenna (which I’ve made a number of for various satellite receivers and other set-top boxes that use a coax fitting for antennas. I was working off of faulty memory about the connector for the G5 antenna. What I’ve got is a G5 Power Mac tower