Air-Cooled, Forced Induction. Twin Centrifugal Blowers. 1.8 Single Performance. Quite a decent amount of boost.
The inside of an iMac G5 certainly is reminiscent of what you may see if you were to let Detroit design the inside of a computer. There's no structural glue in this machine, it's all screws, metal and thermoplastic.
This machine is a Revision A Pre-ALS G5 with a 20-inch LCD. It has a 1.8GHz PowerPC 970FX "G5" with 1GB of DDR memory, a 160GB hard drive, a GeForce FX 5200 video accelerator and a soon to be populated slot for an AirPort Extreme card. For a desktop computer, it's a brilliant piece of engineering.
As with these G5s however, it will undoubtedly develop electrical problems. This machine is an ideal example of a Revision A system. It falls within the affected serial number range for problematic capacitors, but it has never had a Logic Board replacement. The capacitors are most certainly the affected type and brand, all 30 of them. None of them at this stage have failed. Perhaps eventually I'll tear it down and rebuild it with Nichicon or Rubycon capacitors.
For now though, while it still works, it only seems fitting though to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Does anyone have any ideas as to anything cool or impressive I can do with a PowerPC 970FX?
~Mic.
The inside of an iMac G5 certainly is reminiscent of what you may see if you were to let Detroit design the inside of a computer. There's no structural glue in this machine, it's all screws, metal and thermoplastic.
This machine is a Revision A Pre-ALS G5 with a 20-inch LCD. It has a 1.8GHz PowerPC 970FX "G5" with 1GB of DDR memory, a 160GB hard drive, a GeForce FX 5200 video accelerator and a soon to be populated slot for an AirPort Extreme card. For a desktop computer, it's a brilliant piece of engineering.
As with these G5s however, it will undoubtedly develop electrical problems. This machine is an ideal example of a Revision A system. It falls within the affected serial number range for problematic capacitors, but it has never had a Logic Board replacement. The capacitors are most certainly the affected type and brand, all 30 of them. None of them at this stage have failed. Perhaps eventually I'll tear it down and rebuild it with Nichicon or Rubycon capacitors.
For now though, while it still works, it only seems fitting though to sit back and enjoy the ride.
Does anyone have any ideas as to anything cool or impressive I can do with a PowerPC 970FX?
Cheers,
~Mic.
Last edited by a moderator:
