Someone Drilled HOLES In This iMac! Why?
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Recently I bought a large lot of old computers for $50, this included a 17" Apple iMac with lots of holes drilled in the back! Why would someone do that? Let's find out :) #Apple #iMac #G5
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Specifications of the iMac:
1.8GHz PowerPC 970 Processor
2GB DDR PC3200 Ram
ATI Radeon 9600 128MB Graphics
160GB 7,200RPM Hard Disk
17" 1440x900 Display
Music Used:
"Lobby Time"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Heck, I did say iMac quite a few times in the first 15 seconds 😂 Hope you enjoy the video 👌
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What is the iMac's screen resolution?
@@NintendoGamer2600 It is 1440x900
@@psivewri kinda expected based the fact that the aspect ratio appears to be 16:10
1 mac per sec
@Psivewri
I have a question.
I have a similar model iMac, the one with a camera (I think 2006)
When I got it it had one, but about 2 months later of use, it had 7 lines of various colors on the screen.
Can you tell me why, and if or how I can fix it??
Purple RAM, ohhh dammm, I some need of that.
OMG HUGH I LOVE UR VIDS
Hey hugh
I suspect your comment was what led UA-cam's recommendation engine to recommend this video to me.
I think I have a stick or two of purple DDR ram lying around
tf, dual color ram sticks, never saw that again
I'm just here for the eucalyptus oil.
Lol
Me too 🤷♂️
r/antimlm
r/EucalyptusPron
It puts the eucalyptus oil on the skin... sorry, couldn't resist lol
This guy could be a brand ambassador of Eucalyptus oil 😂😂😂
Haha. I love the colorful RAM! G5 Macs understandably catch some shade from enthusiasts, but I still like them.
Eucalyptus oil is the Aussie WD-40 I guess
koala bear smegma
It is most often ( well in our household ) used as a antiseptic in winter, you spray in the room and it kills flu germs, and smells nice. Often you can spray it on a hankerchief ( does anyone use hankies in the outside world these days - definitely not anyone at the shops ) and use it to feel better.
It works like Glen20 but without the horrible smell
I have never used it for cleaning, but there is liquid versions that look waterish / methylated spirits
Regards
George
@Toilet Paper dead meme
Nikitos 77 not a meme, a subreddit.
@@georgemaragos2378 I'm going to buy some Eucalyptus oil because of your guys.
stain: *exists*
psivewri: EUCALYPTUS OIL
1:58 I wish newer iMac's we're that easy upgrade.
they.....are?
I kind of figured those holes wouldn’t help. It was worth a try thought. Good video bloke.
Seeing one of these takes me right back. This was the very first Mac I ever used, way back in kindergarten in 2007. The fleet of iMacs at my school always had display issues, they were always being repaired. Still, I love them.
I really enjoy your videos, thanks for making them!
The G5, gosh. My first ever Mac purchase... first and last iMac (went pure MacBook after that), but a lot of memories on mine. I held out for the Intel G5 instead of the last round of PowerPC ones, and quite glad I did. Special place in my heart!
I bought a lot of 2013 iMac's a few weeks ago that also had holes drilled. Unfortunately not speed holes, just holes for security locks
Cool
I just got my first 2005 iMac a couple of months ago. I keep it at my office, and I use it to VPN into my network at home for RDP and such. It works great for that purpose, still looks great, and even in its own OS is useful! Great video.
" port holes " who remembers when apple had them
girlsdrinkfeck 2015 MacBook Pro
@@randomcrap9736 Imac G3
To improve its dust collection
The iMac G5 fans were so loud on most of them and seemingly constantly running. That PowerPC processor was always running hot. I miss PPC but jeez. Someone must’ve been desperate to do anything to cut down on the fan noise 😂
Damn, I was hoping you'd say the speed holes are a miracle cure for overheating :(
I have an early 2008 MacBook Core 2 Duo that works perfectly except for the CPU reaching about 1000 degrees within minutes of booting. This happens whether I actually open any tasks or not. After having no success with air dusters I tried dismantling it to investigate, but found this impossible without snapping the keyboard panel as many of the screws were mashed and inextricable. It's a shame as it's a beautiful machine, and the OS is absolutely seamless even 12 years on. I don't want to use it as my daily, but I'd like to restore it to at least a usable state so it can function as a backup/Windows alternative when needed, but unfortunately this looks unlikely now.
Try throwing a WD Blue SSD in the G5 iMac. Those work in the PowerMac G5 (tested that myself)
I use one in my macbook pro 2012 it boots in 12 seconds compared to 57 for hdd
@@HistoryandReviews yeah id recommend it bcse it made my brain boot in 20 secs compared to the 50 with an hdd
I had the 20" version of this iMac and it was my main desktop from 2005-2007. I most likely would have gotten another year or two out of it but the video board died - while playing World of Warcraft. Probably due to heat, something I didn't pay attention to back then. I sold it to someone who used it as a headless server for almost 10 years after that before retiring the machine to a landfill.
I dont know why... but your voice, accent and hair are so cool 🙂
Oh dear, I instantly cringed when I read the title and seeing it from the video. 🤨🤭😬😓😧
3:44 now I want Mac 🖥 slabs in MC
Its possible to watch UA-cam on it, you just have to set it to 144p and then you dont need to touch the mouse because it affects the framerate
Thermal throttling? Integrated GPU? In another video of his, the first "cheesegrater" PowerMac G5 (same CPU type as this) plays 1080p UA-cam smoothly.
Michal Zušťák wow that is impressive
I can attest to the fact that this generation of iMacs *needed* the ventilation desperately lol. I had one given to me to which I added a rather crude external fan arrangement, as it would shut down from thermal overload otherwise.
Well, that's why Apple ended up ditching PowerPC. Ir was just too hot.
dremel out a square section where the holes are and epoxy in some wire mesh, would definitely tidy up that mess of holes.
Also so you know the caps go in the power supply as well watch out for a burning plastic smell and a spark exiting the rear of the case
Oh right, I should have probably opened the PSU to check. Thanks for the advice 👌
Did you know people do this for *current* ASUS laptops? That cost upward of 3,000$? Turns out times haven't changed with high-end products not having enough ventilation.
>buys iMac g5
>sells it because it is too loud
>buys g5 tower
I remember these things handled 360p UA-cam playblack “Ok” maybe it’s having heating issues stopping it from performing correctly. Would be cool to see a thermal Paste replacement on it
True, if it didn't take so long I'd consider doing that. Since the G5 iMac is basically worthless at the moment I'd probably be wasting my time 😅
Psivewri Fair, I have 5 of these things sitting in a corner lol. And I still don’t know how to remove the heat sinks.
Also, it is possible to install SSDs, it’s just a difficult process. As SATA 1.0 doesn’t tend to work with modern SSD’s. If you’re interested DRUAGA1 has gotten SSDs working in the Powermac G5, and if imagine it’s a similar process for this iMac.
I had same issue putting an SSD in my iMac G5... tried 3 different drives before I found one that was detected and would allow OSX to install.
I bet this guy literally uses eucalyptus oil as lube
There is something oddly satisfying every time you open up old computers, fix them up and go wild with the cleaning products.
How cool the owner before reached out to you !
Hello Yoda
I really like to watch these types of videos. Especially when I pulled all nighter like rn.
Damn I really want one of those IMacs that is on the arm and you can have it any angle you want
That's funny, in Texas it's so dusty that could've just been two weeks worth
Man, i wish the newer iMacs opened up like that. Sigh at Apple making it more difficult to access it.
wawonas it probably clicks together with clips that will snap of messed with or the screws are hidden
Elizabeth Marks-Graham the 2017 iMac which I have, is put together with double sided tape. You need special mini pizza cutter to break the seal to open it up, once you’re done...you have to carefully align it with new double sided tape and mount it back on. I think Apple started doing that in 2013 iMac or newer.
I've had a G5 iMac as a main PC back in 2O1O, at that time, it could play videos up 72Op without any hickups.. I miss this machine.. Well time flies :D
Can't stop watching your videos man, cheers from USA.
2:30 Reformat it. I always format as ExFAT since it has compatibility for both Mac and Windows, as well as older versions of both systems.
I use a damp Kleenex, soak it until it’s mostly wet, then squeeze excess water out. Wipe the screen and stuff, then get a dry Kleenex or two and wipe the screen and stuff.
Microfiber cloths are used to avoid scratching or damaging the screen, unlike normal handkerchiefs.
Glad I saw this. I was going to get one for old school music production, after hearing about the temperature problems I’ll stick to my G4 Powermac tower for now.
Wow that's crazy. How does such an old system hold up? I'm legitimately curious
Helladamnleet Its a G4 Powermac Dual core 533mhz. It’s working just fine. I am running GarageBand 3, Ableton Live 7, FM7, and Reason 3, all without any issues. Since I left the comment above I ended up finding a mint condition G5 iMac cheap, so I now have one. I actually quite like it. I found out that most problems with overheating on the G5 is due to dried up Thermo grease, or people not doing the entire job of re-applying the grease. You have to remove everything to get under the logic board to access the cpu as well as the easy to remove heat sink on the top of the logic board. It stays cool just fine, however, the fan kicks on sometimes, making it hard to use with microphones. It’s really cool having the last non-intel iMacs in great condition.
I had one of these, I think it was the next model, the 20" G5 iSight, 2.1Ghz, 2.5 Gb RAM. Great machine for its day.
wish I was a person that could get a bunch of IMACS for $50
Wish i would have 50$
Where is Linus?
Just s@ve your money for something better. It is worth it.
@@yeetboi7165 but still assume they're all working ir should be more like 400 dollars
I have a iMac G5 myself (obviously) and I got the 20” model. Halo: CE runs very well, and the fans don’t speed up too much.
There are actually add-ons available for Leopard that allow you to watch UA-cam on PowerPC Macs (I think they have to run Leopard, though). I have some fun watching UA-cam videos every now and again on my iMac G5. A bit cumbersome, and not at all pragmatic; however, it can still be done!
I'm able to watch UA-cam on my eMac through VLC and some plugin
@@Helladamnleet Which plugin? I'd be interested in exploring this.
What a cosy video, and trip to the past...
For watching UA-cam videos and having a better web browsing experience, I’d suggest trying out Leopard Webkit. It works so well that I can watch 360p UA-cam on my 17” PowerBook G4 without any framedrops and surfing the internet is actually doable :)
Strange, i have a G4 ibook ( white snowbook ) with the highest 1.33 GHz processor and 1.5G ram and it "shudders" in youtube. Admitably it is not a silver powerbook with the top end GPU, but it really struggles, I do use the TenFourFox browser for normal sites.
But like i say, it it for the era and software at the time, it still loves office 2004 and all of the other 10.4 tiger software( same as office 2003 for PC , just took longer to port to PPC )
My other 2 macs are 2008 Macbook and also a 2008 Imac Core2 duo, both running 10.6 Snow Leopard ( i tried the hack to lion but it did not work ), at least firefox is sort of curent and i use VLC for media player. Both i have moded with "refind" to dual boot into Linux Mint - that uses basically the current browser and is say 20% lighter on resources than OSX 10.6
I do have a Linux Mint for PPC but never installed it
Regards
George
Wow that thing is tiny!
I had the same model that I sold to a local sound studio in 2006, he's still using it, just as a DAT, though since it has the 3.5mm analog/fiber jacks. Not sure if he's running a DAW on it now, probably has something else for that now. One thing I instantly regretted when I got an Intel Mac and sold the G5 iMac was Storm 3.0 no longer worked, and Arturia eventually retired it the same year.
I've also drilled holes in my Mid 2012 MBP backcover which used to be on my mid 2009 one because it actually works in cooling down the system
Watching your old videos so i have content to watch, love your video man . Waiting for new videos
At first, the title might seem a bit puzzling, but the moment you take a look at the back where the holes were drilled, it's pretty obvious why...
This videos inspire me to fix computers LOVE U KEEP GOING
Omg thank u so much for the heart
These are worth alot now. The slab one with the ports on the side like that are hard to find. The remodel ones are more common.
Can you do a video testing a Dell Latitude E5440 pls?
Royal Kingdom no
@@FakeGreenYT shut the fuck up
@@royalkingdom2801 ok kyle
Kind of surprised you didn't try to put better thermal paste inside that chunky G5 block, given how iMacs aren't much worse than laptops. Maybe would've improved things where the holes didn't? But then I don't know anything about the inside of those G5 blocks, maybe you know something I don't and it would be futile. I'm just imagining it as similar to a Pentium II or early Pentium III card where you can take off the heatsink and access it.
There is a hybrid ssd and harddrive you can use for older equipment.
I have one iMac just like this or very close. I think the power supply has had it tho. One thing to be aware of with these and any machine really when playing video, full screen mode is more performant and you will get better frame rates that way.
I’ve never seen a PowerPC processor not run hot, it’s kinda what they do best. Taking the logic board out isn’t that bad, and definitely easier than any newer iMac, I can guarantee the thermal paste in that iMac desperately needs replacing.
3:30 Did you check via Terminal if the SSD was listed with the command "diskutil list"? If so, use the command "diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ NameForNewDisk /dev/". After the command is completed, quit Terminal and launch Disk Utility again, the SSD should show up now.
I got my 20" iMac g5 for 40€ and when I got it out of the box I was surprised how heavy it was
In fact, you can make your web browsing experience smoother by not using TenFourFox. The best browser for PowerPC macs is Leopard-WebKit, as it does support modern features while still being responsive
Thermal paste: oh no help me id become hard and flaky.
Psivewri: hold my eucalyptus oil
Nice reflection on Apple. I have an Imac from 2010 which I still use and it needs that third party fan system. Lame! I have an Imac from 2008 that also still runs and it overheats like mad. I've considered drilling holes in it but I would drill a hell of a lot more holes than that guy did.
HOLY IMAC BATMAN
I was actually able to put a SSD into my 2004 1.6 GHz base model iMac G5 and it worked perfectly fine. Even though it didn't improve the performance very much because it's just SATA 1. So after I tried it out and had no real benefit I fitted the original 80 GB hard drive into the iMac
i should drive around with some eucalyptus oil. Damn...there's a lot of dirt out there😂
Great video mate!
halo a title that was shown at the apple event, originally to be a mac exclusive title as bungie were mac devs, now its a windows/xbox title.
I drilled holes in the bottom case of my 2011 macbook pro, it had bad overheating problems and drilling the holes helped lower temp by around 6-8 C.
Who did the iMac G5 for some holes!? But I think that PowerPC G5 was a bit slower than PowerPC G4.
I have been waiting for this since you posted the picture on UA-cam
I’m so late😭😭😭
The Uno Life 2019???!?!?!?1111??1?1!1!1!1
Nice haul of comouter for cheap! I have done something similar to my old Xbox 360 when I drilled out some holes for cooling to avoid the RROD
I drilled holes into my mid 2012 15” macbook pro aluminum base
I almost did that with my 2012 17” too, but its useless
When will we see the other computers in this lot (im particularly looking forward to the compaq laptop i see)
I forgot there was even a G5 iMac at all. Mandela effect :D
This is a legit Psivewri video, I can smell the Eucalyptus Oil all the way over here in the UK
I so want to put a laughing emoji here but I can't sadly since I'm using Linux (Hey, I love Linux! I also use heavily customized and modded Ubuntu)
I personally wouldn't recommend using any older Macs and MacBooks pre-Intel. The performance is poor, they run loud and hot, backwards compatibility is stunted and upgrading them is limited. Get something with at least a Core Duo or Core 2 Duo, upgrade the RAM, put in an SSD and you've got a decent computer for everyday use.
This computer should retroactively be called the "iBezel".
Nobody can seperate this man and his eucalyptus oil!
Good video. I figured the holes were to vent the imac.
I bought the same iMac new back then, I quickly returned it and changed for a Mac mini because I really didn't like how hot it got and the fans were loud most of the time... Not a good experience...
I would recommend filling those holes up with resin or something.
it would look yucky, you can often find parts machines or outer shells on ebay, but it would cost the same as a fully working machine.
I took a photo and i showed a mate on mine, he said may dremzel the holes into straight lines , but there are to many of them close together, so the only option is to cut it out and fit a normal cooling fan with a mesh cover - or place some small speakers with a cloth mesh
Regards
George
Just wipe a bit of eucalyptus oil on the sata contacts and you'll be able to install the ssd. Make sure you use a micro fiber cloth.
What kind of game did you just play?
cpu is no working.....
Psivewri: it needs some cleaning xD
just kidding keep up bro
DZ UY Scuti It needs some eucalyptus oil.
Okay?
That's a nice slab of IMac you have there
Hi.
I have an old iMac Late 2009 - MB950LL/A* - iMac10,1-A1311-2308 with dual core E7600 processor, Can we upgrade just the processor to Core 2 Quad Q9650, my search criteria was LGA 775 socket. if not Q9650, what could be the best processor with 4 cores and 6Mb or more cache.
Thanks a Million
i don't now but my late 2009 need a CPU upgrade too !
Are you sure that you can upgrade from a Core2Duo zo a Core2Quad?
It was proppably Vadim drilling his wall like every fucking morning and he drilled through
I am no expert, but you'd probably need a kext or two to get the ssd working
How do you get computers for so cheap on eBay? I was looking at iMacs on eBay and they cost more than $100
Psivewri - *says that the iMac was used exstensively*
Also him - *says it spent its life in storage*
psiweri why are you not using the imacs what did you fix
Can you tell me where you by the eucalyptus oil in a spray can?
for cooling
Hello, i bought a IMac "broken" Form 3€, i need a CMOS Battery but i dont know which i should use. I would Love of you can Help me
I'm quite curious about how you installed Age of Empire on this computer. I'd love to do it as well. Let me know. Cheers!
My god, an Apple product that overheats? Well I never! 😉
Next you'll be telling me that they blow up!
@@kingonduty2825 no, that's Samsung 😀