I have an old imac g4 i want to breathe some life into. How do i do to reinstall the os so the password gets removed. I always loved the imac g4, it came in on the heels of the g4 cube and was an engineering wonder, in my opinion. The box and manual say nothing about mac compatibility, but this 18x. An allinone computer integrates the internal components, such as the processor, directly into the display. Screen box or custom, workload and difficulty or directly display as can be imagined, the original shell was changed, of course, also want to do a simple mod to install rocker, but overall is good, different people. It is the final imac to use a powerpc processor, making it the last model that could natively run mac os 9 applications. Theres two slots, and each slot takes a different type of memory chip. The apple imac g4 1ghz flat panel features an 1ghz powerpc g4 processor, 1024x768 display, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 80 gb hard drive 7200 rpm, a trayloading superdrive, and nvidia geforce2 mx graphics with 32 mb of ddr sdram if you wish to call the store please make sure that it is in between the hours of operation, monfri 10am7pm, sat 10am6pm. Imac g4 screen is nothing more than three, first, retention arm, change a head, arbitrarily larger, higher resolution screen. I have it running om my laptop right now so i know how to install ubuntu in principle.
The imac g4 models are unusual as they have two memory slots of different types one on the bottom of the logicboard that is easy to access and a second memory slot on the top of the logicboard that is difficult to access. Apple imac g4 lampadone vintage con casse this auction is for the screen and base, motherboard dvdrom and hdd removed, the screen has a mark down one side. Remove the bottom metal cover 4 tiny screws, which you simply loosen. However the os does not seem to work with my modern printers. The imac g4 is an allinone personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by apple computer, inc. There is nothing else quite like them if your machine looks like the images on this page then it is a g4 imac. Introduced in january 2002, the imac 17 was identical to the 15 flat panel imac, but added a 17 1440x900 screen. Run the installer from another machine and then manually switching the rom out. For models from before 2012, the latest compatible operating system is noted. Installing, maintaining, and extending the functionality of mac os 9.
One of the most highlighted features is new the macbook pros. Os x runs really slowly on it these days so i thought lightweight linux would be perfect. The imac g4s unique design came out of technical limitations, but the computer quickly became an icon. By the time apple replaced the imac g4 in the summer of 2004, itd become quite powerful as well. Both the fully configured server and the cluster node system are summarized here. I will upgrade his imac for him and then get him to 10.
This solution was an nvramrc script, that needed to be added to my imacs nvram. If you are an experienced user, you may already know enough to get started. To determine which of the g4 imacs you have, use the apple system profiler utility. The imac g5 is an allinone personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by apple computer, inc. It is is prestine condition with all accessories and original box. Problem is that it has a password on its os, but he also got all discs with it. This old g4 imac can now run mountain lion thanks to its. Blast to the past, replacing the hard drive in an imac g4. Be sure to look over the information in chapter 2, getting to know your imac g5, to find out about the new features of this imac g5. This old g4 imac can now run mountain lion thanks to its new ivy bridge processor video by buster hein 1. However, when i put in a brand new hard drive it would not load the installation cd it is the ppc. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on intel machines and may end up. Xserve g5 overview this chapter introduces the key components of your xserve g5 system.
The imac g4s have 2 ram banks, one on the inside of the dome, and one under the cover on the bottom. The imac g4 was obviously on my list as was the powermac g4 cube. Your g4 imac though would not be one of these models. Apple advertised that its lcd screen had the flexibility of a desk lamp, giving it the nickname ilamp. Currently shipping macs additionally may be of interest to view each mac released from 1984 to the present on a dynamic, interactive timeline, you also may find s ultimate mac timeline useful. There are some fairly up to date apps and browsers and people still use it for classic environment. A friend of mine got a free well several computer, one of them an imac g4 the odd looking one. How much ram of what type do these systems support.
Right off the top, i want to commend the dremel junkie, jberg, for his comprehensive tutorials available on his website. Complete technical specifications for every apple mac released in 2004 are listed below. You can quickly wake your imac g5 and bypass the startup process. To put your imac g5 to sleep quickly, do one of the following. We also now have the user guidemanual for you to download. Plz help me install os on this imac g4 macrumors forums. When your imac g5 is in sleep, its screen is dark and a small white light below the lowerright corner of the display pulsates. The one on the bottom is designed to be user accessible, while the internal one is supposed to be serviced but at this point, anyone can upgrade both ram sticks. Apple unveiled its next generation macbook pro with retina display at the worldwide developers conference wwdc on june 11, 2012. Click the model name for detailed technical specifications.
The vast majority of powerpc macs did not support booting from usb devices. Unlike the bulbous imac g3, which packed all its internals into a bulky cathode ray monitor, or the sunflowerinspired imac g4, which had its guts built into its base unit. Apple imac g4 flat panel 15inch 800mhz, 1 gb ram, allinone w accessories. It replaced the imac g3 and was succeeded by the imac g5. I recently received a imac g4 with no os, so instead of buying osx i though why not try ubuntu. Complete technical specifications from are linked on the left and the correponding instruction manual in pdf format is linked on the right. The g4 is the fourth generation of apples allinone imac series and a successor to the g3. And for those who want to save more desktop space, the imac g5 works with. This solution was an nvramrc script, that needed to be added to my imac s nvram. Printer works fine connected to computer by usb printer worked with airport extreme on os x 10.
We also now have the user guide manual for you to download. The g4 is easily recognizable by its swiveling monitor mounted above the hemispherical computer. The illustrations on the pages that follow provide a reference for the server. However, 20 years later imac has served as apples most successful desktop mac while headless macs, including the xserve, g4 cube and mac mini, have sold so poorly that they were all effectively. Pdf manual the apple imac g4800 flat panel features an 800 mhz powerpc 7445 g4 processor with the altivec velocity engine vector processing unit and a. Originally i wanted to use this computer for iwork apps an ilife. The cube is still eluding me, but an imac g4 is quite easy to come by.
Then, i copied the variable it added to nvram using nvram p in os x, then manually set that variable in os x on the. As you might know from my previous posts, i am looking for some vintage macs. Originally known as the new imac the imac g4 was created to replace the imac g3 as apples allinone desktop computer. Apple provides instructions to upgrade the memory in the bottom. The apple imac g4 1ghz flat panel features an 1ghz powerpc g4 processor, 1024x768 display, 256 mb of ram pc3 sdram, a 80 gb hard drive 7200 rpm, a trayloading superdrive, and nvidia geforce2 mx graphics with 32 mb of ddr sdram if you wish to call the store please make sure that it is in between the hours of operation, monfri 10am. To do this, i first applied the nvram patch on a powermac g4 system that this fw updater was designed for, as it would not run on the imac g4.
Steve jobs quoted it as being a design that will last till the next decade. This is found on the apple menu os 9 or from about this mac osx. Without his efforts to share his vast knowledge of the g4 imac, this. Best current method to move from 2004 g5 apple community. Towards the end of then powerpc era apple rolled out a change to open firmware in the last models to enable usb booting. The apple imac g4 is an allinone computer that was released in 2002 and sold until it was discontinued in 2004. If you are migrating a powerpc powermac system g3, g4, or g5 to an intelmac be careful what you migrate.