Apple's Mac Pro - A True PowerMac Successor
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 16, 2006 12:27 PM EST- Posted in
- Mac
The PCIe slots thankfully don't use individual screws like the slots in our old PowerMac G5, as those tend to get dropped into deep crevices of the case.
PowerMac G5 PCI Slots
Instead you've got two thumbscrews attached to a plate; unscrew these two, remove the plate and you'll have full access to add or remove PCIe cards.
Our system came with the base 256MB GeForce 7300 GT; the card is passively cooled and requires no external power.
The optional NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 and ATI Radeon X1900 XT both feature fans and do require +12V power which is supplied by tapping into one of two connectors on the motherboard:
Near the PCIe support guards is our system's optional Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module, and above it is a slot for Apple's wireless card.
You can custom order the system with a wireless adapter but it does not come with the system by default.
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plinden - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - link
No point in arguing with this guy - he's shown just how much he knows about the subject. How could someone regularly read AnandTech and not know about EFI? And then profess to have confused it with some obscure mobo manufacturer?Oddly enough, I can't find any motherboards for sale manufactured by a company called EFI - either it's very obscure or he's making it up. I wonder which one it is?
michael2k - Friday, August 18, 2006 - link
EFI isn't a manufacturer, it stands for "Extensible Firmware Interface", see the link in the other post.Lian Li had an aluminum case first, but Apple's design was COPIED by Lian Li. Read the Anandtech article in which half the comments for the case review claim "G5 ripoff".
plinden - Friday, August 18, 2006 - link
I laughed out loud at this. You're absolutely right, EFI is no DFI or ASUS, not even close.
You've just proved you know fuck all about this. I suggest you read up on EFI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_I...">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Firmware_I... before posting about this in the future.
I'm not going to tell you makes the Mac motherboards. I'll leave that up to you to research.
Petoschka - Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - link
Well, my Junk Pro from early 2008 is still running.pervisanathema - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - link
I want one. :otakeshi7 - Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - link
Just a small correction on page 2: The Power Mac G5 PCI-E also has 3 USB 2.0 ports on the rear panel.