I did see him do it with a vice, but I didn't know he showed other ways to do it. Thanks!

You checked out https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/23399-leaky-elna-capacitors-inside-powerbook-power-brick/ ? shoving in a wedge along the edge is one way to do it. Ferr…

Got these in the mail today, $20ish for the lot. Supposedly dead, so going to reference and replace capacitors to see where that takes me. I better keep them in a box at night, si…

DC 2.0Ghz G5

All I see is Apple Certified Reconditioned RM603366R6UF9590LL/A that mean anything?

I think it is the 128MB model (my notes are in the lab after doing a google search on the part number). Will look for a serial number but I think that was with the sticker that has…

Does it have the serial number? Could run it through the decoder. http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel Other than that I don't think you can tell. You'd know if it was…

Got in a G5 PCIE Tower of some kind (the specs sticker is gone and there is a refurbed by Apple sticker in its place). Can't power it up because those models use a heavy duty power…

Cory5412 said: The Quad itself is a really interesting kind of sidenote/footnote for Apple. They were announced and sold after the Intel transition was, for sort of the same …

Guess I should specify G5 PSU's lol.

Guess I have bad luck with supplies atx supplies I work on always seem to have at least one mosfet burned up.

Pretty sure most PSU issues are bad caps, I think some have tried to recap them.

I am no expert, but from what I understand, heat is the issue with the logic boards, or was with mine. The chipset is a BGA chip with solder balls/pads on the bottom of it instead …

Good point on the DTK benchmarks. I looked and can't find anything official. This thread is entertaining though: http://community.thefoundry.co.uk/discussion/topic.aspx?f=34&am…

An upgraded MDD is probably a better value then an early G5 especially the last OS 9 booting version (if classic means anything to you). The G4 series was one of the most upgradabl…

Cory5412 said: In addition to all of that, as uniserver said, the Netburst-based Developer Transition Kit (which had like a 3.2GHz P4 with HyperThreading in it, so not even t…

All the G5s run 10.4, but if you're looking for a Mac OS 9 system to run Mac OS 9 software, I wouldn't bother, compared to just putting a single really fast CPU into a Digital Audi…

Byrd said: I once recall reading that the single 1.6 G5 is very closely related to the MDD than other G5s. Click to expand... I have no idea what context that could be in…

People like the Quad G5s provided the LCS hasn't taken out the power supply and/or motherboard.  Once the LCS is rejuvenated it will be fine.  I think they will be a good collectab…

So air cooled models are the only ones worth getting then?

I, too, have an LCS-equiped G5 (it's a Quad as well). It won't cool the CPUs (so it's basically useless because it overheats before it gets anywhere). At least it's not leaking. c

Thanks y'all! I was afraid when I saw the box, I figured it would be full of broken plastics, as brittle as the casing can get!

OlePigeon, thanks. Yeah, a food dairy. Now the places he goes to eat are going to think he's a food critique. Falen5, What you think, ROM issue or corrosion on the sockets and …

Terrific job cleaning it up and getting something that nice and useable out of it. Glad that the shipping worked out.

Glad to hear he's OK.  Looks like he'll have to keep a food journal, narrow it down.