I have come into possession of a Power Mac G5 A1047. It boots and works great. There are antenna spots on the back of this machine for bluetooth and wifi. I have searched the OS for the wifi and bluetooth but they do not seem to be installed. Inside the "About this mac" window bluetooth is there but says "No information available" and i do not see the wifi card in this window at all. This is a clean install of OSX 10.5.8.
I looked inside the computer but this is my first Mac G5 ive had. Did the drivers for the bluetooth and wifi not get installed or does this machine not have the hardware?
I do not know if these options are just build onto the board or what. But if these options are there i cannot seem to make them work. I searched for drivers for this machine on the internet for a little bit but i cant seem to locate them. Difficult when i dont know exactly what im looking for.
I want to say this machine does not have a bluetooth or wifi card installed, but then why are the antenna ports on the back? Did it come with the ports anyway so you can upgrade if you want?
I thought when you did a clean install of OSX that it installed all the hardware for you. Atleast thats how my Macbook Pro works. I just install OSX and it does all the hardware for me.
I looked inside the computer but this is my first Mac G5 ive had. Did the drivers for the bluetooth and wifi not get installed or does this machine not have the hardware?
I do not know if these options are just build onto the board or what. But if these options are there i cannot seem to make them work. I searched for drivers for this machine on the internet for a little bit but i cant seem to locate them. Difficult when i dont know exactly what im looking for.
I want to say this machine does not have a bluetooth or wifi card installed, but then why are the antenna ports on the back? Did it come with the ports anyway so you can upgrade if you want?
I thought when you did a clean install of OSX that it installed all the hardware for you. Atleast thats how my Macbook Pro works. I just install OSX and it does all the hardware for me.