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  1. Z

    MP All Models Trashcan and Cube friendship

    My top two favourite Mac designs have to be the Power Mac G4 Cube and the late 2013 Mac Pro (6,1). I’m so happy and grateful to have been able to get my hands on both, each for a really good price and in great condition. Figured they look really nice side by side exposing their internals and...
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    • cube g4 cube mac pro mac pro (2013) power mac power mac g4 powermac powermac g4 trashcan
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    • Forum: Mac Pro
  2. EmilioCube

    Can a possibly corrupt G4 Cube CPU destroy Motherboard and VRM?

    A while ago I tried to strengthen my G4 Cubes VRM but it ended in blowing up a capacitor on the CPU board. I have another intact CPU board that I could take the capacitor from and replace the blown one with it. Now I am wondering if in the wost scenario the repaired CPU board would still be...
  3. C

    How to price and find a good home for a modded G4 cube in the UK

    Hello everyone, I'm a long time reader, first time poster. I'm in London and in clearing out think it's time to find a home for my old G4 Cube - lovingly updated with: -1.5GB of RAM, -a 1.7GHz chip (with fan), -a Wang XFX GeForce6200 256MB graphics card (with fan), -a MCE Superdrive, -7200rpm...
  4. evanboonie

    Open Source Power Mac G4 Cube VRM

    Repo Link: https://github.com/evanboonie/CubeVRM Details: After performing some upgrades to the stock VRM and further discussion on designing a new VRM in my thread on that topic, I now have a schematic for a completely new VRM design. This new VRM is being built with two primary purposes in...
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    • cube g4 cube power mac g4 cube vrm vrm upgrade
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  5. evanboonie

    Improving the Power Mac G4 Cube VRM

    Background: I've had a Cube in my possession since around 2011. It has been upgraded with a dual 500Mhz 7400 from a Gigabit and a Radeon 9000 Pro from the MDD. I have heard the horror stories about exploding VRMs that take out other components in the system, but so far, I haven't had any real...
    • evanboonie
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    • cube g4 cube power mac g4 cube vrm vrm upgrade
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  6. EmilioCube

    Processor Swap in G4 Cube

    I want to upgrade the stock 450mhz processor on my Cube, but I do not want to spend 200 bucks on a single 1Ghz Sonnet upgrade on eBay. So my cube has a 7400 G4 and the logic board is also compatible with 7410s (like the G4 processor the 500mhz cube has), but will my cube work with a 1ghz...
  7. Michael.S

    30" ACD on G4 Cube

    I am running a 30" ACD together with my MPro 5.1. Would it be technically possible to run the 30" ACD on a G4 Cube? What would be needed to make it feasible = What GPU is necessary? If not, what would be the max resolution/ screen size to run the G4 Cube on?
  8. Apple Power Mac G4 Cube

    23" Cinema Display and 15" display run on cube

    can the 23" cinema display and the 15" studio display run on the g4 cube with any upgrades
  9. saltyboat

    Power Mac G4 Cube will not boot any operating system but 10.4.0

    So I recently got the Power Mac G4 Cube sent from hell but for some reason the cube has decided to be the biggest pain in computing history, No matter what I do I cannot get the Cube to boot the installer for any version of MacOS 9 or OS X except Mac OS X 10.4.0 and yes specifically 10.4.0. Let...
    • saltyboat
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    • cube wont boot install g4 cube installation error issue mac os x macos 9 wont boot
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  10. thenebular

    Still Trying to get Cube internal DAC working

    I need help. I have no idea where to go to learn how to get to the next steps at getting the internal DAC on the G4 cube working. I need resources. Firstly, documentation on how to program for the Cube chipset and openfirmware. Then how to disassemble the cube firmware that's available online...
  11. macnerd93

    SSD Inside my G4 Cube - A Quick Demo

    Hi all, After having a bit of a disappointing time with a previous IDE to SATA adapter (erratic system behaviour crashes, flashing lights or not switching on at all) I spent a bit more and got one of the red Startech ones. This one seems to play nicely with old Macs and can confirm works inside...
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    • apple demo g4 cube mac os 9 power mac g4 powerpc ssd tech upgrade video
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  12. macnerd93

    Trying to find a cooling fan for my G4 Cube

    Hi all, So I got my G4 Cube onto my desk the other day (after spending around a year on a shelf on display) she’s now setup with Mac OS. 9.2.2 and OS X Jaguar as a working computer and it actually works great with my FireWire 400 capture box And Final Cut Pro Version 3. Something my 15 inch MBP...
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    • case fan cooling cooling fan fan g4 cube powerpc system vintage mac
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  13. Appleuser201

    TenFourFox on a G4 Cube - Surpringly Good

    I just came across this new video of TFF on a G4 Cube and was very surprised at the results as Youtube ran at about 1 frame a minute on my G3 iMac then the whole browser crashed soon after. (although it could have been cause I had only 256mb of ram). Obviously this doesn't matter as we have so...
  14. B

    Trouble Replacing Sonnet Upgrades with OEM CPU

    Would love some help with this since I am probably missing something simple. I'm having trouble with two AGP PowerMac G4 Towers, one Sawtooth and one Quicksilver. Both had been upgraded with Sonnet CPUs and work fine with those. I ordered replacement CPUs that match the machines original specs...
    • broots
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    • g4 cube original cpu powermac quicksilver replacing cpu sawtooth
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  15. B

    G4 Cube CPU Upgrade

    Hi, I am looking to upgrade the stock 450MHz CPU in my G4 Cube and just acquired two G4 towers (Sawtooth and Quicksilver) with Sonnet cards. One is the Sonnet Encore/ST 1.4GHz (SG4-1400-2M) and the other the Sonnet/ST Duet Dual 1.8GHz (SG4D-1800). Neither are specifically designed for the G4...
    • broots
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    • cpu upgrade g4 cube mac cube sonnet vrm upgrade
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: PowerPC Macs
  16. LAHegarty

    G4 Cube - Games

    Does anyone know if there is a list of games that work on the stock G4 Cube?
  17. LAHegarty

    Resolved Sound/Audio - G4 Cube

    Hi guys, what's the best way to get sound out of the G4 Cube? I've just picked up a G4 cube and was wondering what the best way to get an audio line out on it would be. (In case you don't know the Cube does not have an internal sound card) I know that originally it came with USB speakers, not...
  18. S

    G4 Cube - DS2 Red Light - Crashing

    Hi G4 Cube owners, I was wondering if any of you could help. I am trying to fix my G4 Cube which crashes on startup. I get the apple logo and then gets stuck on that screen. I noticed a red light near the ram which is DS2 and was wondering if this is the culprit. I have tried another ATI Rage...
  19. A

    Cube Graphics Issue

    Hi, Long Time forum lurker here. I am wondering if anyone could help me with a issue i am having. Today I replaced a Geforce 2 mx in my powemac g4 Cube with a Geforce 6200. I did this upgrade because I noticed that the Geforce 2 mx graphics card that was with it when i bought the cube was the...
  20. SuperKerem

    G4 Cube GPU Upgrade

    Quick question here. I'm looking for a video card to upgrade the stock Rage 128 in my Cube and am in a bit of a dilemma. I don't have another AGP computer to flash a PC video card, I'm using an Apple Studio Display via ADC (would prefer to avoid bulky DVI/VGA adapter cables), and Quartz...
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