Performa450's Machines

[Performa450]

Hello, Though I'd actually start a thread for my machines here rather than lots of posts peppered around the Conquests forum.

Previous conquests:

• Unreleased 2 GHz 17" MacBook Pro prototype
• Workgroup Server 9150 "Zephyr" EVT-1 Board
• Early IIgs prototype (need to get back to this and use it properly!)
• Power Macintosh 4400/200 Prototype
• Pre-Production LC Board
• EVT iPod Touch 2nd Gen (never did open this up, forgot how delicate a process that would be!)
• Lobos Board (need to get a case for my SE/30 to use this)
• Power Mac 6100 DOS Compatible (love this machine)
• Apple Interactive TV Box (red light only)

Anyway, time for a new project. This one has been in storage for a few years as it is in poor condition.

 

[Performa450]

PowerMac A1117 Single CPU Dev unit. It's missing the GPU, disks, internal fan assembly and the side panel. The board looks rather dusty too! I sourced a near matching production unit for those parts last year so finally time to have a go at this one! and yes, the CPU is hanging off the board. I hope it's OK...

 

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Here's a few more pics - showing how the machine has lost a few screws from the factory and what a state the inside is... along with some fancy prototype stickers

 

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Borrowed the correct hex key from a neighbour and it doesn't look great!

That CPU socket looks like it hasn't been inserted correctly every time:

Plastic damage aside - what do people think of the pins? I've never looked at a G5's pins before but have seen a few mangled intel chips in my time and from this angle it looks like plastic damage

looks like rust on the heatsink standoffs too... advisable to remove these and clean-up? I've heard the CPU cards are easy to ruin on these (but maybe thats the bit I've just looked at...)

Matching watermarks on the board too:

Does this connector look OK on the board? To me this looks alright too:

 

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Incidentally, when i said single CPU dev unit, pretty sure this is the single 970MP derivative - something like this: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/specs/powermac_g5_dual_2.0.html

 

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Matching watermarks on the board too:

And... looking closely at the top left of the board I suspect the connector damage is just to the plastic - you can see the board has lost a couple of capacitors and theres a chipped coil too, so probably impact damage. I will have to check my donor machine to see what is missing.

 

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Have now fully dismantled this - unfortunately found the following:
* a cap next to the processor power supplies fell off (!) when the board unclipped. This does not bode well for the rest of it...
* here's a shot of the (dead) DVT PSU
* nice collection of screws and components in the bottom of the case. What do people think? Basket case or worth getting someone competent to recap it?

 

[Performa450]

Not quite as exotic this time - picked up a smashed up Powerbook G4 12" as I needed a charger, and genuine chargers appear expensive on the bay. It has turned up, but is in pretty decent shape apart from the smashed screen. There's a jammed memory bay door screw, but, other than that and the screen, it appears to be in good working order. Even the battery appears to be charging, and it's taking a while like my working G4 iBook! It's a 1.5 GHz with 512 MB RAM, combo drive and a 60 GB disk. I used to have one of these back in the day and it's a great little machine.

I'll likely drop it on trading post later - just scanning the drive (which appears fine) and then will hunt out an external display adapter, which has gone walkies