In the meantime, yes, just open it under os x and save it somewhere youll be able to find easily under os 9. The 33million transistor chip extended significantly the execution pipeline of 7400 7 vs. This power macintosh g4 model is capable of booting mac os 9 and. The case was super clean with very minimal scratches. With processor speeds ranging from 466 to 733 mhz, the g4 had the power to take on any pentium 4 machine made at the time. Apple macbook a42 c2d 2ghz 6gb ram 250gb hdd dvdrw mac uk seller. Unit also has a few scuffsscratches to the case, but otherwise desktop is in good physical condition.
This should be the same power supply as the delta api9841, but please do your own research. Reviewed in the united states on august 2, 2014 verified purchase. Power macintosh g4 466 digital audio specs digital audio. Now when i turn on the cd drive, i see a flashing green light and it wont eject. Jun 06, 2008 hi, i am simply trying to install a classic environment that will run legacy mac software on my powerpc g4 466mhz with os x 10. Going beyond 466 mhz, the powerpc 750cxe supports up to 3 mhz bus speed, has an improved floating point unit, and allows 10x multipliers, which means 1. Documentation and drivers software is still available for both, but i thought i would offer it all as a complete package first including the 120gb hard drive where all the goodies reside. While a g5 may be a decent daytoday computer, the g3s are vintage and still can do some amazing things such as being the jukebox at a party or a kitchen computer, or go to extreme lengths and use them as your daily machine. File sharing, backups and netbooting, weve found some software for you. Powerpc 7400, manufactured exclusively by motorola, initially shipped at 350 to 500 mhz, although motorola had issues creating enough 500 mhz cpus for apples needs.
The original power mac g4 looked was the same size as the power. It shipped configured with 128 mb of ram, a 30 gb ultra ata66 hard drive, an 8x cdrw drive, and a 4x agp ati rage 128 pro graphics card with 16 mb of sdram. Technical specifications for the power macintosh g4 466 digital audio. Apple releases mac os x public beta and unveils new ibook line. They used the powerpc g4 ppc74xx series of microprocessors. Power mac g4 with powerpc g4 466 mhz processor with 1mb level 2 backside cache, 128mb of pc3 sdram memory, 30gb ultra ata66 hard disk drive, ati rage 128 pro agp 4x with 16mb video sdram, cdrw drive, two firewire and usb ports, four fulllength 64bit pci slots at 33 mhz, 10100baset ethernet, airport ready, builtin 56k v. Power mac g4 466 mhz 256 mb, 30 gb, cdrw apple ios os. M7627lla m7688lla m8451lla m7681lla processor 466mhz powerpc g4 533mhz powerpc g4 733mhz powerpc g4 733mhz powerpc g4 onchip cache 256k l2 at 733 mhz 256k l2 at 733 mhz backside cache 1mb l2 at 233 mhz 1mb l2 at 266 mhz 1mb l3 at 183 mhz 1mb l3 at. Jan 09, 2001 power mac g4 with powerpc g4 466 mhz processor with 1mb level 2 backside cache, 128mb of pc3 sdram memory, 30gb ultra ata66 hard disk drive, ati rage 128 pro agp 4x with 16mb video sdram, cdrw drive, two firewire and usb ports, four fulllength 64bit pci slots at 33 mhz, 10100baset ethernet, airport ready, builtin 56k v.
The power mac g4 is the first mac to use motorolas powerpc 7400 processor, branded as the g4 by apple. G4 1 power macintosh g4 466 digital audio 466 mhz powerpc 7410 g4 1 power macintosh g4 533 digital audio 533 mhz powerpc 7410 g4. Apple delivers new power mac g4 with 733 mhz powerpc g4. They were designed at the somerset facility in austin, texas, jointly funded and staffed by engineers from ibm and motorola as a part of the aim alliance. Power supply for the apple power mac g4 works in the digital audio models, 466 733 mhz, and gigabit ethernet 400mhz, dual 450mhz and dual 500mhz. The power supplies are different for the different models so if getting just a power supply to try youd need to make sure it was from a digital audio probably better to get a complete system as then you have a full set of parts in case its something else like the graphics card and to keep. The requirements for leopard are any intel, powerpc g5 or g4 867 mhz and faster.
Jul 09, 2008 hi, i have an old ibook 406 powerpc g3 466 mhz with system 9. G4 powermac 466mhz digital audio m7627lla macrumors. The models were offered in 466 mhz, 533 mhz, dual 533 mhz, 667 mhz and 733 mhz configurations, the latter two using a newer powerpc 7450 processor. With intel only snow leopard shipping, software support for ppc. Revive your old mac g3, g4, or g5 with linux ghacks tech. While it started life with 350 or 400 mhz g4 processor, it got sweetened right up with a sonnet encore 1 ghz zif processor and a motu pci324 audio card. Apple powermac g4 m5183 desktop w powerpc g4 466mhz 512mb ram 80gb hdd tested this has been tested and it is in good working order. The power mac g4 was a series of personal computers that was designed, manufactured, and sold by apple between 1999 and 2004. Within the last year i purchased an older emac which had a 900 mhz processor. For other processors, please refer to the main by processor page. Qps525 external cd drive green light flashing tech. Power mac g4 technical specifications processor 466, 533, or 733mhz powerpc g4 processor.
Highspeed level 2 backside cache has been added to achieve the impressive speed improvements of this powerpc upgrade. Jobs unveils 733mhz power macs, sets os x release date cnet. The crescendo g3pb replaces the original 117, 3, or 166 mhz 603e processor card with a g3 card running at 333 mhz or 466 mhz. The machine had a gig of ram along with the g3 900 mhz processor. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we. This would allow a 533 mhz ibook using a 66 mhz bus, but the chip was never specified at that high a speed. Great apps still available for powerpc macs system folder. The 667 and 733 mhz models used a powerpc 7450 processor, which included a 256 kb 1. There are a good number of people out there that are on the same page as us and they support our goal of keeping our processors running for as long as as they can. Power mac g4 466 mhz 256 mb, 30 gb, cdrw apple ios os help. I posted about my struggle on the powerpc macrumors thread and one user had the same machine with the same issue and mentioned that after swapping the clock battery it booted fine. G4 1 power macintosh g4 466 digital audio 466 mhz powerpc 7410 g4 1. The power mac g4 originally power macintosh g4 is a series of personal computers that was designed, manufactured, and sold by apple between 1999 and 2004.
There are a good number of people out there that are on the same page as us and they support our goal of. The crescendopb g3 replaces the original 117, 3, or 166 mhz 603e processor card with a g3 card running at 333 or 466 mhz. Apple power macintosh g4 powerpc g4 466 mhz, 128 mb, 30. Qps525 external cd drive green light flashing tech support guy. The power supplies are different for the different models so if getting just a power supply to try youd need to make sure it was from a digital audio probably better to get a complete system as then you have a full set of parts in case its something else like the graphics card and to keep the rest for any. Apple ibook g3 blue clamshell wifi adaptor 10gb 466 mhz powerpc g3 mac os x 10. The powerpc 7450 voyagervger was the only major redesign of the g4 processor. I continue to be amazed at how well debian etch runs on this thing with 466 mhz of powerpc cpu and a smallish 128 mb of ram. The power mac g4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by apple computer, inc. Released during the summer of 1999 the apple ibook g3 clamshell was not only innovative in design but brought portable computing to a whole new level. Complete technical specifications for every apple mac using the powerpc g4 processor are listed below for your convenience. Jan 11, 2002 as expected, jobs unveiled four new power mac models with powerpc g4 processors ranging in speeds from 466 mhz to 733 mhz. Ive been contemplating an installation of macs os x operating system on my old power macintosh g4466 466 mhz powerpc cpu, currently 384 mb of ram but a maximum of 1. They were heralded by apple to be the first personal supercomputers, reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gigaflops.
Macintosh computer with a powerpc g3 400mhz or faster, g4, or g5 processor o 600mhz g3 or faster required for garageband o g4 or g5 required for garageband software instruments and advanced photo editing in iphoto 5. Specification sheet power mac g4 4 configurations order no. The apple power macintosh g4466 digital audio features a 466 mhz powerpc 7410 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and 1 mb of backside cache. The chip operates at speeds ranging from 350 to 500 mhz and contains 10. Built around the powerpc g4 series of microprocessors, the power mac g4 was marketed by apple as the first personal supercomputers, reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gigaflops. The 867 mhz model is the oldest powermac g4 that can run os x leopard. Because of this, the 400, 450, and 500 mhz models apple had announced were scaled back to 350, 400, and 450 mhz without a price reduction, which had users up. The higherspeed models, code name sawtooth, used a greatly modified motherboard design with agp 2x graphics replacing.
Recently, my play list will answered by a verified mac support specialist. Complete technical specifications for every apple mac using the powerpc g4 processor are. The powerpc 600 family was the first family of powerpc processors built. Yes you can put your hard drives into a newer g4, they are backwardscompatible. Apple powermac g4 m5183 desktop w powerpc g4 466mhz 512mb. The clamshell ibooks, available between 1999 and 2001, have a g3 processor 300466 mhz which will not support. Ill take this opportunity to repeat that on this box, etch runs many a ring around fedora 9s powerpc port. The powerpc 7400 shares a similar design with the power pc 750 g3 but includes larger and faster caches, supports multiprocessor configurations, and includes a vector processing unit called altivec. Macintosh computer with a powerpc g3 400mhz or faster, g4, or g5 processor. A clamshell ibook g3 firewire 466mhz, 576mb ram, 10gb hard drive. Aug 03, 2009 ive taken to calling my power macintosh g4466 the debian mac. That circa 200001 machine has been very happily running the powerpc build of debian etch linux for quite awhile now. The apple power macintosh g4 466 digital audio features a 466 mhz powerpc 7410 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and 1 mb of backside cache. This was the first existing macintosh product to be officially.
Sonnet technologies crescendopb g3 466 mhz processor. Hi, i am simply trying to install a classic environment that will run legacy mac software on my powerpc g4 466mhz with os x 10. Jan, 2019 yes you can put your hard drives into a newer g4, they are backwardscompatible. Built around the powerpc g4 series of microprocessors, the power mac g4 was marketed by apple as the first personal supercomputers, reaching speeds of 4 to 20 gig. I have an old ibook 406 powerpc g3 466 mhz with system 9. Apple powermac g4 powermac g4 computer section is your complete source to find all our available used and refurbished powermac g4 computers. Apple power macintosh g4 powerpc g4 466 mhz, 128 mb, 30 gb sign in to comment. Apple power macintosh g4 powerpc g4 466 mhz, 128 mb, 30 gb. Want to make your mac look like a brand new intel one with themes, or screensavers. I shouldnt have to even type the fact that the machine ran very. Dual processor general purpose board dual powerpc g4 cpus the vgm5 gives you the muscle of dual powerpc g4 7400 or 750 cpus combined with a longproven board architecture and a full range of io options. The vgm5 offers processing speeds up to 466 mhz, and up to 2 mb l2 backside cache per processor. Power mac g4 with powerpc g4 466 mhz processor with 1mb level 2 backside cache, 128mb of pc3 sdram memory, 30gb ultra ata66 hard disk drive, ati rage 128 pro agp 4x with 16mb video sdram, cdrw.
If os 9 cant open it, you may not have stuffit installed good idea to get it, because lots of old mac software comes that way. Jun 08, 2016 what i found was a 466mhz digital audio g4. With processor speeds ranging from 466 to 733 mhz, the g4 had the. Power macintosh g4 466 digital audio specs digital. Ive taken to calling my power macintosh g4466 the debian mac. It was both the last macintosh to boot natively into classic mac. Nov 12, 2009 ive been contemplating an installation of macs os x operating system on my old power macintosh g4466 466 mhz powerpc cpu, currently 384 mb of ram but a maximum of 1.
Apple powermac g4 m5183 desktop w powerpc g4 466mhz. As expected, jobs unveiled four new power mac models with powerpc g4 processors ranging in speeds from 466 mhz to 733 mhz. Hi, i have an old ibook 406 powerpc g3 466 mhz with system 9. Still supports powerpc macs running at least mac os x leopard 10. Firewire drive was working just fine until after i added more memory 512 mg a few days ago.
Feb 14, 2009 i am running a g4 with a 466 mhz processor, os 10. The number of ram slots were reduced to three, accommodating up to 1. Somerset was opened in 1992 and its goal was to make the first powerpc processor and then keep designing general purpose powerpc processors for. Three of the models will come equipped with cdrewritable drives.
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