G5 11,2 switching CPU and cooling
  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    ThePlayer
    Posts: 1079 from 2003/3/24
    From: Hamburg/Germany
    Hi i have two G5 11,2 Macs at home one 2.5 Quad and a 2.3 aircooled. I saw this video on youtube from Chris Edwards. He swapt the cpu from his 2.3 11,2 to one dual core CPU from G5 Quad.
    Would it be possible to just swap the aircooling from the 2.3 into the 2.5 quad and remove the watercooling and one cpu from the quad? So it would be then a G5 Dual Core 2.5 Machine that is aircooled?
    I know i could do it the other way round. But the Quad has a MorphOS Key so i had to buy a new license or at least bug Frank for a license swap.

    [ Editiert durch ThePlayer 21.10.2025 - 07:48 ]
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  • »21.10.25 - 06:31
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2497 from 2003/2/24
    It should work, but remember the PSUs in the Quads are inefficient timebombs ( worse than the smaller ones in the dualcores).
  • »21.10.25 - 07:39
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    ThePlayer
    Posts: 1079 from 2003/3/24
    From: Hamburg/Germany
    What you mean with timebombs?
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  • »21.10.25 - 08:06
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