Wish me luck!

[quinterro]

A customer owns a Dual 1.8ghz PowerMac G5 that has issues. He also bought a stripped G5 containing a working mainboard. I get to take the non-functional mainboard from the original machine and replace it with the one from the second G5.

Sadly the replacement board is from a single processor G5. As long as it works he's happy....

I'm not looking forward to trying to fix this beastie, but it will be a challenge.

 

[Da Penguin]

Ugh. A mobo swap in those is a long process. It is fortunately rather straight forward, and less blood drawing than an 8500. I wish you luck and much patience.

TBird

 

[quinterro]

I'm partially there.

Fortunately the donor machine was basically the case and the mainboard so it was pretty easy to remove.

On the customer's original computer I have the heat sink cover off, the plastic panel to the side and about 1/2 of the screws needed to remove the heat sinks from the processors. Unfortunately I need to buy an extension to use my existing socket bits or a long handled allen wrench.

Shall I take pictures once the heat sinks are off?

Not bad for my first G5 repair....