I have a Powermac G5 2.0Ghz DP (Mid 2004) that I'd like to start using.
From what I have seen online, these things seem to die at astonishing rate, mostly from heat-death.
I don't really know what it will be used for as of yet, probably gaming. It is my PPC Mac OS X machine.
It stands in a cooler part of the house and has room either side of it to allow air to flow through.
What do I need to do to keep it going?
• Are new fans a necessity? How can I measure temperature to check whether new fans are needed?
• I have an Radeon X850 Pro AGP card waiting to be re-flashed with thanks to @joevt [1]. Is this a bad move?
• All 4 slots are filled with: AGP card (stock nVidia 5200), Sonnet Tempo 4XP, ATTO 4ULD (SCSI) and whichever RAID card works.
— LSI Logic 3080X, RocketRAID 2220, RocketRAID 2240, and if none of these work, a Sonnet Tempo-X and software RAID.
• Are fewer sticks of RAM better or does that make little difference. I have 7GB but I doubt I will ever need that much.
Thanks
[1] https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/id-like-your-help-ordering-a-128k-eeprom.51062/
From what I have seen online, these things seem to die at astonishing rate, mostly from heat-death.
I don't really know what it will be used for as of yet, probably gaming. It is my PPC Mac OS X machine.
It stands in a cooler part of the house and has room either side of it to allow air to flow through.
What do I need to do to keep it going?
• Are new fans a necessity? How can I measure temperature to check whether new fans are needed?
• I have an Radeon X850 Pro AGP card waiting to be re-flashed with thanks to @joevt [1]. Is this a bad move?
• All 4 slots are filled with: AGP card (stock nVidia 5200), Sonnet Tempo 4XP, ATTO 4ULD (SCSI) and whichever RAID card works.
— LSI Logic 3080X, RocketRAID 2220, RocketRAID 2240, and if none of these work, a Sonnet Tempo-X and software RAID.
• Are fewer sticks of RAM better or does that make little difference. I have 7GB but I doubt I will ever need that much.
Thanks
[1] https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/id-like-your-help-ordering-a-128k-eeprom.51062/

