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WORKING 2.3 GHZ DUAL G5 FOR $150!!!

Very nice score, hopefully that motherboard "problem" doesn't come back to bite you.

Also (and this is probably just me) what is with "hating" people that happen to get good conquests, or any conquests at all for that matter? Really? I never got that... why not just a congratulatory pat on the back. Should be happy knowing they're keeping another old (or in this case, new) computer from going unused. I know you're not serious, but still, what gives?

 
I'm going to agree there, I really think this "Oh I hate you now" stuff has got to stop. It may [or may not] only be joking, and even if it is, I still think it's rude, and simply not needed.

Congrats on the dual G5, do you know if it's the dualproc (PCI-X) or the dualcore (PCI-E) version? I've got a dualproc version at work that I've been deciding whether or not to buy a new hdd for, might use it as a photoshop machine while I'm on my overnight shifts.

 
Nice score! I'm not a great one for G5s personally, but still, any G5 for that price is an absolute steal!!!! :O

 
Wow. My local CompUSA ended up closing a day earlier than originally announced. I guess they sold everything. Which is a major surprise. When I went on Tuesday, they had things ridiculously high priced. A display model last-generation 2.66 GHz Mac Pro, just the tower, not even a keyboard and mouse, for the same price Apple sells them for refurbished.

I had been hoping that the joystick I mentioned before would be cheaper, but when I got there, they had already closed up.

 
Very nice score, hopefully that motherboard "problem" doesn't come back to bite you.
Also (and this is probably just me) what is with "hating" people that happen to get good conquests, or any conquests at all for that matter? Really? I never got that... why not just a congratulatory pat on the back. Should be happy knowing they're keeping another old (or in this case, new) computer from going unused. I know you're not serious, but still, what gives?
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Yes, I hate that "hating" theme in the conquests section. Its also annoying when people say they never find anything in their area (mostly because they never look, unlike those who look and do find items).

 
Good to see the hating theme being addressed, surely a community such as this could benefit from hearty handshakes all around with another successful liberation inducted into our social club.

 
Congrats on the dual G5, do you know if it's the dualproc (PCI-X) or the dualcore (PCI-E) version? I've got a dualproc version at work that I've been deciding whether or not to buy a new hdd for, might use it as a photoshop machine while I'm on my overnight shifts.
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It's the dual core version. DDR2 memory, PCI Express.

I already have a G5, the dual proc PCI-X version 2x 1.8 GHz, so what I did is move over my hard drives and superdrive to the better G5.

Some of the memory may be bad. It locked up yesterday twice while in sleep and then once afterwards, but I did get some DDR2 sticks for $10 from CompUSA before it closed, so I can weed out the bad ram and set it aside.

EDIT: It locked up after I sent this post. It locks up for no particular reason. A red light inside of the G5 turns on. The screen entirely freezes. There is no recovery except holding down the power button and rebooting. EXCEPT for that it works brilliantly.

 
I'd check to see if the air deflector is functioning correctly.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86412

If the Air deflector sensor needs replacement, follow these steps.

Apart from that all I can think is RAM. If it's a red light near the RAM slots then there's a good chance that's your problem. Unfortunately i'm no expert with G5's so I can't offer definite advice, only what i've found on Google.

EDIT: A thought occurs, at 2.3ghz would this be liquid cooled? Does it even still have that same air deflector circuitry? I'd imagine something would be in place to cool the liquid reservoir, but i'm not sure if it's exactly the same as air cooled models.

 
The air deflector is fine.

There are no lights on inside at all when it is running fine. The instant it freezes, a red light turns on, and then the fans either rev up immediately, or after two minutes. This is with the air deflector and everything, are all on.

I pulled out the 2x256 MB Micron RAM but it froze again, so I pulled out now the 2x256 MB "CENTON" RAM. It's down to the 4x512 MB that I bought at CompUSA.

I have run SystemLoad which loads the processors up. They appear to take the load fine. I see the temperature in Temperature Monitor go up and down when I launch and quit SystemLoad, respectively.

 
It's not the RAM.

I thought it might be the video card, but Halo plays OK.

I can get it to freeze by playing full screen OpenGL iTunes visualizations. But only if I leave the room. WTF. I sat here for 10 minutes and watched colored lines fly across the screen and it didn't freeze. I went to the restroom and it froze.

Now the damned thing won't freeze, but it's frozen up about 10 times during the night.

If it's the video card then I'll get another card, but if it's anything else then I'm afraid it parted out. I'll certainly take a profit on it though. Even if the mobo is shot the other parts are easily worth twice what I paid.

 
Of course, the law says, that it must freeze after posting that it has not frozen for some time.

- The screen freezes.

- Any sound playing, will go into a loop of a short section of the sound.

- The red light turns on.

- Either immediately (rare) or after two minutes, the fans rev on.

- Only remedy is to hold the power button down to turn it off, and then turn it on again.

It seems to crash primarily during sleep or periods of low stress. If I play a game it doesn't crash. It will crash when I'm typing or just playing a song.

I do not have Apple Hardware Test that works with this G5. My disc works with older G5s.

I have TechTool Deluxe from AppleCare. One test fails:

Drive HardwareFailed

Checks the physical attributes of the device containing the selected volume.

You should consider backing up the data from the device associated with the selected volume. The device may continue working without issue for a period of time, but may physically fail without warning.
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It may only be failing in this tower though. I'm going to have to move my drives back to the slower G5 and then run the test again to be sure my drives aren't about to fail.

 
Test fails in the old tower but I think it's a false result, because it's in a RAID maybe.

I'm back on old reliable for now. I'm gonna stick an old drive in the new G5 and install Leopard and see what happens.

 
If those tests fail, especially in two different machines, I would take them seriously and back up your data. In addition, check the Disk Utility to see if either of your drives shows up in red on the s.m.a.r.t. status indicator, or if their names appear red. If they do, then immediately start backing up and getting a replacement drive.

 
It's out of service. There is no AppleCare.

Since it's sold as a "LIQUIDATION FIXTURE" I can't have the date moved ahead in time like I did with the MacBook Pro.

 
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