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You may want to turn it on and check how it is doing, just in case. That model is infamously known for its bad capacitors and their tendency to bulge and die.

As a side note, I find OpenBSD the best modern OS for those old PowerPC machines. The main "problem" is the lack of modern web browsers, but it is not like the CPU can handle the modern web anyway :-)



Oh yeah, if i run tenfourfox the fan screams :)

I really don't know how people used the G5 iMacs (i bought it used for like eur 100). I ordered another set of fans and both are vaccum cleaner-ish.




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