Does anyone have a pinout of the 650 power supply so we can tell this guy which color wires to connect where? I believe it's compatible with 7100, IIci, IIcx, IIvi, IIvx.

There was no Batt in it, Click to expand... The Centris 650 DOES have a battery: { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Pr…

Is it just me, or was Apple's best quality from about 1997-2001? This time period produced some amazing machines (2400, 3400, 9600, G3 desktops and notebooks, G4 towers), whereas a…

I agree - looks like a VRAM problem. Could also be a bad VRAM module, or mismatched VRAM.

A little bird *very much in the know* once told me about a number of skeletons in the G5's closet, particularly the first generation (1.6-2.0Ghz) models, but that's about all I can…

Try reseating the vram/ replacing the vram with new chips.

The videos not great, but since I can't describe the issue well and since my English stinks, here's a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDssVHugr40 The first 30 sec's and las…

For: Defor: You can say what you want that is your opinion and that's fine. But my point it that I don't have 3-5K to keep up with the LAGS (Latest and greatest Syndrome) I have …

Here's a Macintouch page discussing "G5 Thermal Runaway". You might find something helpful in it. On an advisory note, I had a 2.0 Ghz G5 Xserve for a while, which I understand use…

Thanks for the abridged version... I'm totally with you on points 1, 2 and 5. Don't know about 4 (I thought DVI was current technology), and I'm not going to say anything about Lin…

It was something like this: 1. obsolete - who cares 2. pro apps - only recently, and the older version doesn't become invalid and worthless upon release of newer version 3. yell…

That's fine, I didn't have time to read it anyway

I typed up a big long post, and the forum software ate it, and I don't feel like typing it again.

You know, there is a *big* difference between 'being obsolete' and 'being usable'. The G5 is very obsolete in computing terms, but its still usable

that is one of the most unfair comparisons ever... "snappier..." let's see.. you have a VERY modern, fast, high cache 1TB 3.5" drive in the G5... 16GB ram... and you're compari…

There was no Batt in it, also when it stopped working it was on then it went off, I am working on rigging an atx power Brick on it

The Powermac G5 is no where near obsolete... I use my PMG5 more than I use my new Mac mini... it is snappier than the mini... Don't get me wrong the mini is great but I prefer t…

One more note: your Centris 650 will not always cause a small spark when you plug it in even if it's working. This depends on several things like humidity, how long it's been unp…

The Centris 650 **DOES** have a battery on the motherboard. You just need to look more closely. Some older Macs will turn on if this battery is dead, some will NOT. So it's a go…

The tower model G5s didn't have the same issues with the exploding capacitors, did it? If new RAM doesn't fix it, you might want to take a look at the caps, particularly those in t…

The tower model G5s didn't have the same issues with the exploding capacitors, did it? If new RAM doesn't fix it, you might want to take a look at the caps, particularly those in t…

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In short, there are reasons the PowerMac G5 has a reputation of being something of a lemon. It is. Click to expand... Only the water cooled G5s had huge problems. The other G5s…

In short, there are reasons the PowerMac G5 has a reputation of being something of a lemon. It is. Click to expand... Only the water cooled G5s had huge problems. The other G5…

I use HFVExplorer here too, but only to get files in and out of hfv images for SheepShaver. I've never used it on actual HFS hard disks. But if it works, then you can stick to what…