Type an administrator password when the dialog box appears.ĥ.Ĝhoose Update to begin the firmware update. Save changes to your open files and then quit any open applications.Ĥ. You can print these instructions so they are available while you upgrade your firmware.ġ.ĝownload the updater that corresponds to the Mac OS version on your Power Mac G5.Ģ. To update the firmware on your Power Mac G5, follow the instructions below. Note: Your Power Mac G5 must be connected to the Internet to use Software Update. Select the items you want to install, and then click Install. The Software Update window opens and a list of available updates appears. To use Software Update, choose Apple/ Software Update. Use Software Update to make sure you have Mac OS X v10.3.9 installed on your Mac.
This update improves the reliability of your Power Mac G5, especially after it has been inactive for two hours.īefore you install the Power Mac G5 System Firmware Update: George's Power Mac G5 drive is most likely unable to fully support that hardware - including the iMac's cooling system - without the iMac-specific 10.3.5 build.This Power Mac G5 System Firmware Update is only for the 1.8 GHz, (600 MHz bus), single-processor Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) computer. George Hart reports that when booting his iMac from an OS X 10.3.5 hard drive previously used in a Power Mac G5, he experiences the "full-blast fans." Our suspicion is that the build of OS X 10.3.5 that ships with the new iMacs is slightly newer than the current general 10.3.5 release in order to support the newer iMac hardware. No go though if you try and run the install on any other Mac than the new iMac you get a message that says 'Bundled software cannot be installed on this computer.' There is no opportunity to go ahead without the bundled software (Office 2004 Tryout, etc.) The only choice is to end the install." Imagine my excitement when I noticed that the new iMacs are shipping with 10.3.5 install disks. My current favorite is a eMac Restore DVD that installs 10.3.4, QuickTime 6.5.1 and other fairly current system software. "Since Apple only upgrades their retail 'generic' OS install disks occasionally, I have been using disks that come with specific Macs to install a more recent version of Panther on various machines. MacFixIt reader Greg Neutra notes that unlike most other recently shipping Macs, the system install disks included with the iMac G5 - which contain Mac OS X 10.3.5 - will not work with other Mac models:
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