Will this hard drive work in my iMac G5?

Sam Graves

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Jul 8, 2013
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Will this hard drive work in my G5?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CT56XU/?tag=extension-kb-20


Below are the stats for my iMac.

Thanks for any help!

Processor Memory
Processor speed: - 2.0 GHz.
Processor Type: - PowerPC, G5
Number of Cores: - 1
Bus Speed: - 667 Mhz
Cache: - -
64-bit Support: - No
Turbo Boost: - No
Installed RAM: - CTO
Max. Amount: - 2.0 GB
Amount of Slots: - 2
RAM Speed: - 400 MHz
RAM Type: - PC-3200, DDR, SDRAM


Storage and Media Graphics
Hard Drive: - CTO, 7200rpm.
Hard Drive Brand: - Unknown.
Drive Bus: - Serial-ATA
Optical Drive: - CTO.
Optical Bus: - Ultra ATA/133
Other Media: - -
Display Size: - 17-inch.
Graphics Card: - ATI Radeon 9600
Card Memory: - 128 MB
Max. Resolution: - 1440 x 900
BLU / Coating: - TFT LCD


Networking Ports and Expansion
AirPort: - Built-in AirPort Extreme (802.11 b/g)
Ethernet: - 10/100/1000BASE-T (RJ-45)
Bluetooth: - Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Infrared: - None.
Modem: - 56k v92
USB: - 3 ports (USB 2.0)
FireWire: - 2 ports (FW400).
Display port: - Mini-VGA
Card Slot: - -
Thunderbolt: - No Thunderbolt port.


Operating System and Software Temperature and Cooling
Original OS: - Mac OS 10.4 Tiger
Maximum OS: - Mac OS 10.5.8
Recommended OS: - Mac OS 10.4.11
 
Solution
The original iMac G5 17" with a 40GB or 60GB took a regular ATA drive. The special drive carrier that is enclosed in the iMac holds the hard drive. Do not throw this away, you will need it to put the new drive in.

Any iMac G5 with a 80GB or higher takes a SATA drives.

That being said, if yours takes sata drives then it should work but you may or may not need to jumper it down to sata 1.5gb/s mode.

popatim

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The original iMac G5 17" with a 40GB or 60GB took a regular ATA drive. The special drive carrier that is enclosed in the iMac holds the hard drive. Do not throw this away, you will need it to put the new drive in.

Any iMac G5 with a 80GB or higher takes a SATA drives.

That being said, if yours takes sata drives then it should work but you may or may not need to jumper it down to sata 1.5gb/s mode.
 
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