[ScotHamedia]

Trying to get specs on my G5, I see on the apple.com website that they list:
Power Macintosh G5: Specifications - 2004.06
Power Macintosh G5 (Original): Specifications - 2003.07

Since the dual 2 is in both categories, how do I know, ASP tells me nothing in this regard, where can I get to the real M9455LL/A OR M9032LL/A

[SSharon]

Apple Menu -> About this Mac -> More info
or
Applications -> Utilities -> System Profiler

then click on hardware if its not selected and it should be the last part of the overview.

[ScotHamedia]

nope

[naphtali]

Slide out the case cover and check your heat sink?

The old Dual 2.0s should have heat sinks with a horizontal line in the middle while the newer ones have a solid chunk right?

(am not all that sure cos I don't own a G5 and don't have the fortune of being around one much :/ but hope this helps!)

[Chito]

Do you have Tech Tool Pro? If so launch the app, go file - about TT Pro - the usual info window opens then click on more info. That'll tell you the week your Mac was built. I just bought a dual 2.0 that I knew was a rev 1 but I wondered exactly when so I did that and found out it was manufactured the last week of April 2004.
BTW...if you don't have TT Pro you might want to get it, it helps with a ton of problems.

[PB2K]

what kind of things? it runs hours of checks, finds faulty sectors, repairs them, but nothing more for me..

[Luca Rescigno]

Since you don't know which it is, I'm assuming you got it used?

Anyway, one identifying factor is the graphics card. If the graphics card is an nVidia GeForce 5200, a Radeon 9600 XT, or a Radeon 9800 XT, then it is a 2004 model. If it's a Radeon 9600 Pro or 9800 Pro, then it is a 2003 model.

Like the information on which machine it is, this information is in Apple System Profiler. Unfortunately, it's generally displayed in a way that isn't immediately apparent. Go to Apple System Profiler and look for something like "PowerMac 7,1." Post which number it is. I'm not really sure but I think the 2003 model is listed as PowerMac 7,1 while the 2004 model is either PowerMac 7,2 or 7,3.

[SUPER_DEFORMED]

How can I find out if I have a rev. A or rev. B dual 2.0? I bought it in May.... any ideas?


deformed

[Thain Esh Kelch]

Originally posted by SUPER_DEFORMED:
How can I find out if I have a rev. A or rev. B dual 2.0? I bought it in May.... any ideas?


deformed

How about actually reading the thread?

[Big Mac]

Apple really should give people easier access to this information. Sometimes you just don't know when changes occur, or what differentiates one machine from another. To my astonishment it seems there was a silent revision to the G5, because Apple now also refers to a G5 (Late 2004). Now it appears that there are three revisions - the original G5, G5 (June 2004) and G5 (Late 2004). The problem is, Apple names successive revisions of the same computer the same way, does not give a full name to the revision in plain English, and is very secretive about the whole thing in general. Now if you open the G5, you will see a label that should give you a better understanding of what you have; it will say something like G5 DP 2.0 PCI-X 9800. Unfortunately, it won't tell you the revision, and the only thing that label will tell you is information you could easily obtain through System Profiler. There is, however, a site that would take your serial number and decode it into information like manufacture date. d.fine provided the link in an earlier thread.

[tooki]

The speed of the SuperDrive is one way to tell: the older ones had 4x drives, the newer ones 8x.

tooki

[Al G]

To summarize, there are two easy ways to tell whether a dual is a rev. A or rev. B. The first is visually; remove the side panel and look at the CPUs.

For the rev. A, each processor has a separate cover (the pretty part that says "G5"), like this:

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G5/Powerm....html#storytop

The rev. B, or June 2004 models have a single cover (with two sets of "G5" lettering) over both of the CPUs:

http://www.apple.com/powermac/gallery/open.html

Note, there is a line across the middle but it's merely decorative and the cover is one piece.

Another way to tell is with the ioreg command in terminal. The rev. A is PowerMac7,2 and the rev. B is PowerMac7,3. This thread gives more information:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=234401

And of course, if the machine was originally purchased before June 2004, then it's obviously a rev. A since the "June 2004" model didn't exist yet.

[Big Mac]

Does anyone have information on G5 (Late 2004)?

[Luca Rescigno]

That probably refers to the single 1.8 GHz model that was introduced fairly recently.

[Big Mac]

Why didn't I think of that? Thank you, Luca.

[d.fine]