Hopefully you can find out by serial number, what original parts it contained. Hadn't looked.Īn identify by serial number could be able to show what the build hardware was perĭate of manufacture not certain how complete older archive specs are now. Not sure if the repair guides show these monsters. Some may be available online, or similar information with images covering same topic.įor a time I had a few PDF service manuals for PowerMac & iMac. See if this helps: : Click here to download your manual There isĪ fair bit of build information to help identify the unit. Technical repair manual that Apple had made available to certified authorized techs.Ī few details may be found by use of MacTracker.ca download database application.Įither from the maker website or the app store I have it from the web site. In variant build models may require a visual guide, such as a copy of official support g5+powermac+identify+liquid+cooling+system+manufacturer+without+takeapartĪ few articles from XLR8yourmac look promising however to see the correct parts Once you could actually be able to inspect the unit deeper, via take-apart. Some help to have an official service manual in PDF would be handy, especially There are a few more articles, from favored sources of the era, that may be of So this brings me to my question: Is there any way how to determine type of LCS just by looking to the case? I cannot look inside deeply, because it has to be ready for use at least for another 3-4 months, maximum I can do is to open the case and pull out the front fans and look at the outside of the heatsink. What particularly worries me is the LCS (all DP 2,7GHz have it) - these things were prone to leaks and what I have found there exist at least three revisions of LCS - second of them made by Panasonic seemed to be the most reliable. I would like to max the memory, put there some large HDDs (and small SSD, but there seem to be a lot of problems with that) and run Linux (more problems).īut first I would have to clean the machine and look at the state of it. They will throw it away within a year, and since I have been taking care of it for some time, I thought I would take it home when they do so and use it as backup machine for my and my wife's data. We have at school old Power Mac G5 DP 2,7GHz (early 2005) which we use for editing (well for last two couple of years it just sits there and no one wants to touch this old piece of. Is there any way how to determine type of LCS just by looking to the case?
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