Folks at #VCFPNW #vcfpnw2026 fucking love my awful G5 Quad Mac

So I stuck a fitting sticker above its awful liquid cooling system

@CursedSilicon    

Yeah, that's an appropriate sticker. I recall seeing your last post with this machine and thinking "wow, damn, a water cooled G5 Power Mac that actually still works?" Every one I've ever got was a badly corroded unsalvageable brick where the glycol turned into a thick corrosive oil. 

@foxyloon I have FIIIIVE G5 Quads (because I make terrible decisions)

And YUP. The Dexcool has turned into effectively sand. You can actually FEEL it vibrate the entire fucking table as it just...pumps *silt* through

@CursedSilicon And the machine somehow still boots?  

Did you know that GM vehicles that used Dexcool required regular coolant flushes and were only good for five years max? G5 Quads aren't the only thing I've had to completely rebuild a cooling system for. 

@foxyloon Apple RMA'd them when the nylon would get eaten through (because dexcool is corrosive)

So Apple's RMA solution was to replace the tubing...with Teflon!

@CursedSilicon Ah, so the recall created the self-producing abrasive medium in the coolant loops that targeted the aluminum and copper instead. Brilliant! 
@foxyloon Thaaaat's Apple!

@CursedSilicon  

There's a reason I don't own a working G5 Quad

@foxyloon I have FIVE of them ;-;

@CursedSilicon If they weren't such a bear to ship, I'd be tempted to grab one from ya, hehe~ Last one I bought was crushed in shipping...

Also, oooo, nice Xserve~

@foxyloon ONE DAY I'll get them all repaired and working

(And then beg VCF PNW for my own 20 amp circuit so I can run them all at once)

@CursedSilicon Now that would be a sight to behold, hehe~ Here's to hoping!