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Well, 10.5 is the same as 10.4. Go to Applications/Utilities/Network Utility and click on Ping in the screen that comes up, enter your ISP's URL (http://www.comcast.com, for example), select the number of pings to send, 5 is a good number, and start the ping. It will tell you the ping times...

What OS? In 10.4, and probably earlier, you have Ping. Go to Applications/Utilities/Network and there it is.

Thanks for the offer, but to my surprise Chris replied positively to shipping the board and CPU; we just have to work out the details. If that doesn't work out I'll prevail upon your kindness again.

olePigeon I sent the poster a msg asking if he would ship any of the items but don't really expect a positive reply given the nature of Craigslist. So, would you be willing to pickup the 8600/300 logic board and CPU and ship to me in Oregon? Of course I would pay shipping and a small fee for...

I haven't tried the videos but Sunspider 0.9.1 results on a 2.3GHz dual core G5, 6MB Ram are: V. 4.0.1 = 1812 ms V. 4.0 = 3960 ms

If you really want to try the swap, someone on Lemswap has an empty case for sale, though he does not say from which model. If interested here's the link: http://groups.google.com/group/lemswap/browse_thread/thread/276db2b05f1f6a2e. Not that I'm recommending that you try the swap, mind you.

I concur with that statement. After examining a battered G5 case I partially disassembled, it probably would be possible to totally disassemble the case and swap the rear panel to get the proper port alignment, but not something for the faint of heart to attempt.

The ports on the rear of the case are different; the dual core machines have dual ethernet ports at the top of the port string while the dual processor machines have one ethernet port on the bottom. So you would have to do some hacking there, at the very least. Also, the DC models have the...

Why exclude the Apple Extended Keyboard II (M3501)? Several folks on here, myself included, think it's the best ever.

Interesting; a woman over on Lemswap today has the same problem. You might check with Trag on this forum to see if he has any more of the Mac -> VGA adapters available.

There's a (more or less) flat plate that mounts on those white plastic stand-offs and the HD bracket encloses the HD and mounts on top of the flat plate. I had the flat plate and offered it for free on here a few months ago but nobody was interested so it went to the metal recycler. The HD...

I have a spare IIfx metal hard drive sled you are welcome to if you pay postage. It came from a badly corroded IIfx so there is some corrosion, but not really ugly.

I've encountered a glitch on the G5. Using beta 11, sometimes when I attempt to login to this forum with the correct user name/password the browser claims "You have exceeded the maximum number of attempts blah, blah". This happens on the first login attempt. As I recall this did not happen...

I've got a FS posted for a MDD power supply on this forum. Clean, in good shape, just tested good. $70 plus shipping if interested.

Well, I found a used logic board on eBay for a reasonable cost and replaced the malfunctioning board. The board came in a trashed case with a DVD drive and some of the fans, so I have a few other spare parts now. And the G5 is working great now. I may try the baking idea on the old board just...

Have you tried Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper?

Well, I was not nearly that fast but did get it disassembled and back together with only one goof that I was able to fix. Inspection of the logic board back side showed no flaws that I could see with a magnifying glass. Attempting to resolder the ram slot pins would be a formidable job; there...

Couldn't agree more! Far too often people get flamed, their intelligence or background belittled, for posting legitimate or innocent questions/comments on far too many sites, though not so often on this site.

If anyone wants one, I have a spare CD of 7.6, and the 7.6.1 update is available as a free download from system7today or Apple. PM if interested.

Thanks for pointing me toward ASD. Obtained a copy and after some effort was able to get the G5 to start up enough to load ASD and ran it far enough to see that there's no need to calibrate the fans, at least at this point (no surprise since the CPU's haven't been removed from the MB)...