You can do exactly the same things that people would've done with them back in the day. EveryMac is one good website for doing that. It's worth finding out the full specs and identifying what exact model it is.
Can't remember if that model has it though. Some computers have a PRAM battery which should be changed in order to prevent leakage, and that's the only obvious time bomb. Start from the hard drive, check if you want more RAM memory. See iFixit for all your Mac upgrade guides. Is it work to buy a hard drive and try to get an OS or what else should I do with it? It's also timeless, compared with today PC case which RGB and fragile side glass. That case is quite popular and highly sought in certain modding community, at least the case is having second life again as sleeper computer instead going to landfill. Older OSX boot DVD can be obtained from internet archive like Tiger, Leopard Install DVD.Īnother tips is repurpose the enclosure either as standard ATX pc or hackintosh. Outside for nostalgia, collection and specific niche usage, I think it's quite not worth effort, because I reckon once boot this machine will be very loud and electricity usage is very high.Īlso, PowerMac G5 comes in several variation from 2003 to 2005 model with different processor and cooling method, not mentioned other component like logic board, PSU, memory are also need to examined, it's not quite straightforward like putting HDD and installing OSX.
Question mark is sign of no boot drive, which is obviously in this case since this machine comes without hard drive. There is a cool youtube channel that covers retro macs Īlso a few people there using old macs to practice Linux for IBM power systems.Īlso there's more guides on flashing windows GPU's for G5's but I forget the links, some French site had some good info but not looked in ages.Įdit also there are ways to use SSD 2.5 drives.
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