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Can you add a cpu to a sinlge cpu g5?

Submitted by joethedragon on February 3, 2007 - 9:49pm. Hardware Hacks

Can you add a cpu to a single cpu g5?

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G5 what? iMac? Power Mac? XSe

Submitted by Dr. Webster on February 3, 2007 - 11:14pm.

G5 what? iMac? Power Mac? XServe?

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Weren't all the G5s soldered

Submitted by DrBunsen on February 4, 2007 - 10:31am.

Weren't all the G5s soldered down?

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I'm pretty sure the single cp

Submitted by hackintoshg4 on February 4, 2007 - 4:37pm.

I'm pretty sure the single cpu motherboards are different from the duals, without the 2nd bus and all of that. (only 4 ram slots instead of 8, etc)

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some singles had 8 and some d

Submitted by joethedragon on February 7, 2007 - 1:52am.

some singles had 8 and some duals had 4

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Board differences ...

Submitted by iantm on February 7, 2007 - 2:58am.

Some boards have two cpu sockets, some don't. Remove the G5 cover from the heatsink of your G5, and you should be able to see whether the socket is there or not. IIRC, this slot is only present on boards with two banks of dimm slots.

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I don't have one right now bu

Submitted by joethedragon on February 7, 2007 - 3:20pm.

I don't have one right now but I was asking If I where to buy one / parts on ebay if I can do it.

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Considering the cost involved ...

Submitted by iantm on February 7, 2007 - 5:25pm.

I would have to advise against building a G5 from parts bought from eBay. Unless you get some sweetheart deal, you are better off just going and buying one whole or buying a Mac Mini or iMac.

Bear in mind that the G5 is a dead end platform. If anything, the G5 towers and iMacs have less expandability than any other mac made within the last 6 years. If you want, I've got the bulk of the parts needed to build an iMac G5. I'm willing to sell them fairly cheap.

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the mini sucks GMA 950 is wee

Submitted by joethedragon on February 7, 2007 - 7:35pm.

the mini sucks GMA 950 is week and I do not want a AIO

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Refurb Mac Pro seems to be a

Submitted by protocol6v on February 7, 2007 - 8:02pm.

Refurb Mac Pro seems to be a good deal.

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Refurb Mac Pro seems to be a

Submitted by protocol6v on February 7, 2007 - 8:02pm.

Refurb Mac Pro seems to be a good deal.

» MacBook Pro, 2.2GHz SR Core 2 Duo, 120GB HD, 2GB RAM,
PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz, 3GB RAM, 1x 250GB HD, 4x 500GB HDs(Sonnet Tempo X4P), ATI Radeon 9650 256MB

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