![]() ![]() I've tried everything, including the following:. It has installed it, and I can boot it up on my Mac Pro, but the actual Power Mac still won't boot up by itself - it still shows the folder and question mark. I have a retail disc of Leopard, and I connected my Mac Pro via firewire to install it to the Power mac. Ever since then all I get is the picture of a folder with a question mark. I ended up using these support pages and somehow wiped the hard drive in Terminal. I contacted the person I bought the computer from and they had no idea what it was. When the machine booted up, it asked for a password. Also a great source for specific tools needed for disassembly.I recently bought a second hand powermac G5, and it had a fresh install of os Tiger. If you want more info about the G5 process, check out their super detailed guide. iFixit: free repair manuals and tear downs of hundreds of products with high resolution photography.Don’t miss their excellent analysis of Juicero, another over-engineered piece of hardware. Bolt.io: another hardware VC with a great blog of tear downs.PC Part Picker: the best project management tool for any sort of computer build.TechShop: want to fabricate your own parts, for a Hackintosh or anything else? TechShop is one of the best community maker spaces!.Even if you aren’t modding a case, you should own a Dremel for its sheer versatility. Dremel: the handheld rotary tool I used for to cut the aluminum chassis when needed.G5 ATX Cable: if you retrofit a G5, these premade cable harnesses will save you a LOT of time.The Laser Hive: plans and parts made for adapting G5 hardware. ![]() Tonymacx86: everything you need to build a Hackintosh, and an active forum that has covered just about every arcane bug in the process.They are sporadically mentioned throughout the post, but worth mentioning again: There were a few resources without which I would have struggled a lot more. Ultimately, the process was longer and harder than I had anticipated, mostly due to Apple’s absurdly custom hardware design - but now I have the G5 I’ve always wanted running at Mac Pro speeds for less than the cost of a MacBook Pro. ![]()
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