On Tue, September 4, 2012 08:42, Andrew Fresh wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 09:31:25PM +0400, Kirill Bychkov wrote: >> On Sun, September 2, 2012 22:44, Kirill Bychkov wrote: >> > On Sun, September 2, 2012 20:24, Andrew Fresh wrote: >> >> It is a Power Mac G5 Dual 1.8GHz with the NVIDIA GeForceFX 5200 Ultra >> >> video card. I believe the original "Q37" but could be a June 2004 >> >> model, no idea how to tell for sure. >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5 >> >> Go to OpenFirmware and then try "dev /cpus" and "ls". I will show you info >> about CPU. > > OpenFirmware says my PowerPC,G5@0 is cpu-version 0039020 which > according to the Internet is a > > I did need to dev /cpus/PowerPC,G5 then ".properties" to get the > cpu-version, but thank you for the pointer.
I have PowerPC,970@0 and it also hav cpu-version 0039020. > >> I had a look at >> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/macppc/macppc/cpu.c?rev=1.67 >> and see only 970FX processors mentioned. As I understand 970 != 970FX. My G5 >> have 970, as OpenFirmware shows. M.B. problem is hiding in it? > > Based on some old netbsd supported model lists I believe you are correct > that 970 != 970FX. The only difference I've found atm that 970 is 130nm, and 970fx - 90nm. > Looking up the serial number on Apple's website > http://support.apple.com/specs/ > > it claims I have a "Power Mac G5 (June 2004)" version > http://support.apple.com/kb/SP80 > > which is supposed to have the 970FX > http://www.apple-history.com/g5_june_04 > > But unfortunately it seems that is not the case because my 0039020 is a > 970 not a 970FX > http://everythingapple.blogspot.com/2004/11/130-nm-g5-is-alive-and-well.html Same story with checking serial# of my G5. http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-84191.html > l8rZ, > -- > andrew - http://afresh1.com > > Computer programmers know how to use their hardware.
