Dual G5: anyone use? parts?

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Dual G5: anyone use? parts?

Post by th0mas » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:50 pm

So I found this in the garbage last night:
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It's a dual G5. I can't tell what speed really until I get the thing booting, stupid Mac's and their lack of solid ID

Pretty happy except I need a video card and RAM.

Anyone use these? I'm thinking of putting it in my music room as a new music PC. It's limitations will keep me from installing a huge dearth of plugins and stay focused on MIDI and the solid real gear I have.
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Re: Dual G5: anyone use? parts?

Post by Ashe37 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:38 am

In the garbage? thats nuts... someone would want it...
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Re: Dual G5: anyone use? parts?

Post by th0mas » Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:38 pm

I'm seriously worried the mobo is dead. It's a common problem, ironically the same problem as the chic 360 RROD which I also wasted time on. The solder is subpar on a lot of electronics built in this era due to the then-recently introduced rohs standards. Fingers crossed!

edit: xbox 360. stupid ipod autocorrect..
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Re: Dual G5: anyone use? parts?

Post by Ashe37 » Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:03 pm

th0mas wrote:I'm seriously worried the mobo is dead. It's a common problem, ironically the same problem as the chic 360 RROD which I also wasted time on. The solder is subpar on a lot of electronics built in this era due to the then-recently introduced rohs standards. Fingers crossed!

On this topic... down the road i expect a lot more electronics to fail because of the RoHS BS.
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