Apple powermac G5
serial number: CK54501CRU0
Power Mac G5 (Early 2005) - Technical Specifications
Apple Serial Number Lookup - MacUpgrades.co.uk
hello from a NOVICE Mac User
I was recently stupid enough to buy a Powermac G5 for £150 without testing it or opening it up, however it was advertised as M9749B/A fully tested and working 2.7 dual core, with 4gb ram (i can see four Ram sticks present), superdrive, wired keyboard and mouse (apple).
Original OSX Panther (3 discs) these are present.
There is a fourth disc= APPLE MAC OS X XCODE TOOLS INSTALL DISC 691-04888-A (dunno what this is for)
The serial number shows it to be this system, Apple Serial Number Lookup - MacUpgrades.co.uk
However on Power Up i could not hear a chime OR get a video signal to a 55 inch hdtv (using a dvi/vga adapter) or a proper DVI monitor.
So opened the case (air baffle is present) but there are no hard drives and no optical drive!
*yes i know i'm stupid.
Note: I think fully working it should be worth £300
Q1. Is the graphics card fried (should i still get a signal without the hdd/optical)
Q.2 What would you advise.....
Option A: should i purchase individual components to test/rebuild and what to purchase first? *what if the cpu is fried or worse not present (i haven't opened that part up yet).
Option B: Buy a fully tested and proven working sytem and sell this one ( i could perhaps get a lesser model and move components to this one? example:Apple POWERMAC G5 1.8 Dual 4GB + 250mb Excellent Cond & all latest software 0718908438534 | eBay
Option C: Shoot myself in the Head
serial number: CK54501CRU0
Power Mac G5 (Early 2005) - Technical Specifications
Apple Serial Number Lookup - MacUpgrades.co.uk
hello from a NOVICE Mac User
I was recently stupid enough to buy a Powermac G5 for £150 without testing it or opening it up, however it was advertised as M9749B/A fully tested and working 2.7 dual core, with 4gb ram (i can see four Ram sticks present), superdrive, wired keyboard and mouse (apple).
Original OSX Panther (3 discs) these are present.
There is a fourth disc= APPLE MAC OS X XCODE TOOLS INSTALL DISC 691-04888-A (dunno what this is for)
The serial number shows it to be this system, Apple Serial Number Lookup - MacUpgrades.co.uk
However on Power Up i could not hear a chime OR get a video signal to a 55 inch hdtv (using a dvi/vga adapter) or a proper DVI monitor.
So opened the case (air baffle is present) but there are no hard drives and no optical drive!
*yes i know i'm stupid.
Note: I think fully working it should be worth £300
Q1. Is the graphics card fried (should i still get a signal without the hdd/optical)
Q.2 What would you advise.....
Option A: should i purchase individual components to test/rebuild and what to purchase first? *what if the cpu is fried or worse not present (i haven't opened that part up yet).
Option B: Buy a fully tested and proven working sytem and sell this one ( i could perhaps get a lesser model and move components to this one? example:Apple POWERMAC G5 1.8 Dual 4GB + 250mb Excellent Cond & all latest software 0718908438534 | eBay
Option C: Shoot myself in the Head