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G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA & OSX [message #35420] Sat, 02 February 2013 10:30 Go to next message
Evan Thomas is currently offline  Evan Thomas
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Hey Y'all,

My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on
the logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need
of a replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest
possible options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe
Creative Suite CS3.

SATA HDD
I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the
implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is
best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for
video scratch purposes.

OSX
I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard
a stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for
sale. Now cruising eBay.

Many thanks,
Evan

G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB

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Re: G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA & OSX [message #35422 is a reply to message #35420] Sat, 02 February 2013 16:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
James Knight is currently offline  James Knight
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ebay frequently features drives loaded with OSX. Usually at a bargain
compared to buying the OS. I "think" this is legal.


On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Evan Thomas <spevsy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Y'all,

>

> My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on

> the logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need

> of a replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest

> possible options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe

> Creative Suite CS3.

>

> SATA HDD

> I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the

> implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is

> best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for

> video scratch purposes.

>

> OSX

> I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard

> a stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for

> sale. Now cruising eBay.

>

> Many thanks,

> Evan

>

> G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB

>

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Re: G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA & OSX [message #35434 is a reply to message #35420] Sat, 02 February 2013 17:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
glen is currently offline  glen
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> My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on the logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need of a replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest possible options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe Creative Suite CS3.

>

>

> SATA HDD

> I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for video scratch purposes.

>

> OSX

> I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard a stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for sale. Now cruising eBay.

>

> G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB


The LEM Swap list may be better than cruising eBay. SATA drives the size you need are not terribly expensive and appear frequently; or just post a WTB. Even new or refurb drives from retail sellers like geeks.com or newegg.com are reasonably priced.


CS3 only requires OS 10.4.8 and I your G5 will boot from any retail version of OS 10.4 (black label) unless it is a late 2005 model and then you will need 10.4.4 --according to Mactracker. If  you don't need 10.5 for any other software or its features the retail (black label) versions of 10.4.x will do. A free upgrade to 10.4.11 is available from the Apple support site.


Oh, and you may want to upgrade the RAM, 512 MB is very light for any version of OS 10 not to mention FCE and CS. --glen

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Re: G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA & OSX [message #35435 is a reply to message #35434] Sat, 02 February 2013 18:17 Go to previous message
ROBERT H. BAUCOM is currently offline  ROBERT H. BAUCOM
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AT THE VERY LEAST GET OS10.4.8 …. It proved for me to be a most stable OS and would work with a lot of the later software. I still have a 2000 Quicksilver W/Sonnet 1.4 GHz upgrade on OS10.4.8: running Quicken 2007 and Apple Works ver 6.2.9. Bought me a New Apple Pro Tower G5 and work more on the ole Quicksilver since the Short Cut Commands are more familiar.

RHB
If you think a computer is saving you time …
I have some underwater, swampland lots
you might be interested in buying. ~ The Ole Curmudeon

On Feb 2, 2013, at 4:49 PM, glen <glenstrek@yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>> My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on the logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need of a replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest possible options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe Creative Suite CS3.

>>

>>

>> SATA HDD

>> I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for video scratch purposes.

>>

>> OSX

>> I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard a stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for sale. Now cruising eBay.

>>

>> G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB

>

> The LEM Swap list may be better than cruising eBay. SATA drives the size you need are not terribly expensive and appear frequently; or just post a WTB. Even new or refurb drives from retail sellers like geeks.com or newegg.com are reasonably priced.

>

>

> CS3 only requires OS 10.4.8 and I your G5 will boot from any retail version of OS 10.4 (black label) unless it is a late 2005 model and then you will need 10.4.4 --according to Mactracker. If you don't need 10.5 for any other software or its features the retail (black label) versions of 10.4.x will do. A free upgrade to 10.4.11 is available from the Apple support site.

>

>

> Oh, and you may want to upgrade the RAM, 512 MB is very light for any version of OS 10 not to mention FCE and CS. --glen

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Re: G5 Power Mac Failure: Replacement SATA & OSX [message #35482 is a reply to message #35420] Sat, 02 February 2013 15:53 Go to previous message
JOHN CARMONNE is currently offline  JOHN CARMONNE
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On Feb 2, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Evan Thomas wrote:

> Hey Y'all,

>

> My G5 appears to have experienced an HDD failure and now hangs at boot on the logo screen. I bought it with Leopard pre-installed so I'm now in need of a replacement SATA drive and a copy of OSX. Money is tight so cheapest possible options. I only want to use it for Final Cut Express 4 and Adobe Creative Suite CS3.

>

I would try DiskWarrior on the drive before I'd replace it. Also you can try to get a Carbon Copy off it if you have an external drive.


> SATA HDD

> I was thinking something less than 100GB just for the OS. What are the implications of type or speed of SATA drive? I'm only aware that 7200rpm is best for video scratch disks but what about OS? I have a 320GB in there for video scratch purposes.

>

> OSX

> I think I can get by with Tiger? Certainly true for FCE 4. Is Snow Leopard a stand-alone OS? Can't seem to find any G5 original installation disks for sale. Now cruising eBay.


Tiger is certainly faster than Leopard and Snow Leopard is Intel only'
>

> Many thanks,

> Evan

>

> G5 / 2.0 / DP / 512MB

>


John Carmonne
Yorba Linda CA
92886 USA
MacBook Pro i7






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