adding wireless to imac G5

mdavis71 · mdavis71 #1 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 12:31 AM

I am about to get me a iMac G5 but it doesnt have wireless card or bluetooth in it and i've done some searching here on the forum and was wondering if i can add them to the imac easily or is this something that can only be done from the factory? also what is the largest hard drive space they support? internal.

thanks
matt

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 12:37 AM

You can not add Bluetooth on your own but AirPort is very easy to install. I think you can add any HD as long as it is SATA

shaun89 · shaun89 #3 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 03:20 PM

You can get USB bluetooth later on. It's just a 1 inch USB thing that plgus into ur mac and works as bluetooth.

NightCrawler · NightCrawler #4 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by trpnmonkey41

You can not add Bluetooth on your own but AirPort is very easy to install. I think you can add any HD as long as it is SATA

really? :bone:

does that mean i can add a 400 GB HD? cuz that would be kewl

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #5 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 04:01 PM

If you can find a 400gb SATA HD i see no reason why it wouldn't work

bassplayrr · bassplayrr #6 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 04:16 PM

As the others have already stated, you can not add an internal bluetooth yourself later (though you can just add a USB one) but the AirPort is unbelievably easy to add. Heck, the instructions on how to do so are actually printed on the inside of the back panel of the computer. Removing the back panel is even easier (just rotate three cam-locks on the bottom of the computer counter-clockwise; they look like philips head screws, but are infact cam-locks). I'd say it'd take you maybe 5 min. to install the airport.
-Chris

NightCrawler · NightCrawler #7 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by trpnmonkey41

If you can find a 400gb SATA HD i see no reason why it wouldn't work

now thats awesome.... :cool:

mdavis71 · mdavis71 #8 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 06:27 PM

Thanks guys, was just maken sure that i could, so there is no way of doing internal bluetooth at all?

bassplayrr · bassplayrr #9 (**permalink**)

01-28-2005, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mdavis71

Thanks guys, was just maken sure that i could, so there is no way of doing internal bluetooth at all?

If you could get ahold of one, I suppose you may be able to. The primary problem is that unlike the AirPort which is a nice little plug and play module that snaps into a little slot, the bluetooth is a little naked silocon board that I don't believe is for sale anywhere and would seem pretty difficult to install.

-Chris

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Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 6,999 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	01-28-2005, 12:37 AM You can not add Bluetooth on your own but AirPort is very easy to install. I think you can add any HD as long as it is SATA Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 6,999 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	01-28-2005, 04:01 PM If you can find a 400gb SATA HD i see no reason why it wouldn't work Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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mdavis71 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 02, 2004 Posts: 243 Mac Specs: 13" MacBook	01-28-2005, 12:31 AM I am about to get me a iMac G5 but it doesnt have wireless card or bluetooth in it and i've done some searching here on the forum and was wondering if i can add them to the imac easily or is this something that can only be done from the factory? also what is the largest hard drive space they support? internal. thanks matt
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Member Since: Jan 14, 2005 Location: San Fransisco Bay Area, CA, USA Posts: 500 Mac Specs: 20" G5 iMac; 14.1" G4 iBook; 60Gig iPod Video	01-28-2005, 04:16 PM As the others have already stated, you can not add an internal bluetooth yourself later (though you can just add a USB one) but the AirPort is unbelievably easy to add. Heck, the instructions on how to do so are actually printed on the inside of the back panel of the computer. Removing the back panel is even easier (just rotate three cam-locks on the bottom of the computer counter-clockwise; they look like philips head screws, but are infact cam-locks). I'd say it'd take you maybe 5 min. to install the airport. -Chris
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Member Since: Sep 02, 2004 Posts: 243 Mac Specs: 13" MacBook	01-28-2005, 06:27 PM Thanks guys, was just maken sure that i could, so there is no way of doing internal bluetooth at all?
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