Fixed my G5!

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Just fixed my G5! I thought it was a dead motherboard, but it was: half of my ram, and a fan that was bad.

Upgrades Done/To Do:

Flash 256MB GeForce 6200 & Install - NEED TO DO
Add 3GB of XMS 400 RAM (Silver Heatspreader) - DONE
Add 1GB of XMS 400 RAM (Silver Heatspreader) - ORDERED, HAS NOT ARRIVED
Add 750GB Samsung HD753LJ HDD - DONE
Replace Fan - Done
Add Black 4 Port USB 2.0 Card - ORDERED, HAS NOT ARRIVED
Install Leopard - DONE

It's a June 2004 Dual 2GHz.
 

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What will you use it for?
 
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So you are going to be able to get a non apple video card to work? Or by flash did you mean you were going to flash it to the necessary specifications so that it would work on the G5?
 
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Flash a non-apple graphics card to be used. Don't really know what I'm going to use it for. I can figure something out though.
 
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Did you ever get to use a different GPU? Was thinking of taking mine out of storage to play around with it again and was thinking of a newer gpu.
 

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Did you ever get to use a different GPU? Was thinking of taking mine out of storage to play around with it again and was thinking of a newer gpu.

Just a quick FYI. This thread is 6-7 years old...and OP has not posted in about 5 years. If you do not get a response...this could be the reason. Would be cool if OP did respond.:)

- Nick
 
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Lol yeah I did notice that but figured I asked about it years ago and you never know maybe someone else who already did it would chime in. :)
 

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