How to fit PC in a G5 PowerMac enclosure :> Options

[teknojunkie]

applepalace.com
mac-pro.com
and you can wait for some on ebay

[danielmramos]

Hey, thanks for the links. After I found the part numbers for the enclosures of the Mac Pro and the G5 Powermac I did some searching. I least expensive G5 case I was able to find was a refurbished one from welovemacs for $200. I was able to find a really good deal on a mac pro case here.http://www.dvwarehouse.com/Apple-Case-for-...EW-p-35381.htmlThat is right, dvwarehouse.com is selling brand new Mac Pro cases for $199! So I have to ask, why settle for a G5 case when you can buy a Mac Pro case for less? The Mac Pro case is more versatile, so that seems to be the direction I am heading in unless I find a much better deal on a case somewhere else. I wonder if it is easier to fit a non Apple powersupply in a Mac Pro enclosure? I will be doing some research to find out. I am sure I can find some good diagrams and take apart pictures around.Ok, I looked around and the Mac Pro case is WAY better than the G5 case. The internal layout has a much better plan. The mounting design for the SATA drives is way cool. I don't think it would be too difficult to actually set up a hackintosh similarly to the way the internals on a Mac Pro are set up. Now, wouldn't that just be a hell of a twist. It would be rad if someone opened up your hackintosh and thought, wow that is a different looking Mac Pro, but a Mac Pro none the less. This possibility is quite fascinating. I think it deserves a try. So, what do you all think?

[HacOSXuser]

go for it. make it nice.

[teknojunkie]

It's up and and running. Don't mind the mess.



My Q6600 went to 3.2 straight away on stock voltages, but the temps concern me a little. It idles at 45C. I thought I did a good job of seating the heat sink. This seems a bit high. Kaly 10.2 install was very smooth, and I think only the audio is not working out of the box.

My initial xbench score was 217.

I have already decided I like being able to reach under the bottom to switch off the PSU before playing with the internals.

nervouschimp did you ever get your wiring and your G5 finished.

I want to see some pics lol

[nervouschimp]

nervouschimp did you ever get your wiring and your G5 finished.

I want to see some pics lol

Not yet.... tons of crazy real-life stuff lately keeping me too busy. I hate the motherboard I chose for this hack. It's unstable with DDR2 1066 at 1600fsb. The onboard audio has a recurring loud ringing sound that is the right pitch to melt human brains. I am currently running @ 400fsb X 8 for 3.2 with ram @ 800 for stability.

Need a few new cables, a better board, and some spare time to get this finished.

Looking for an X38/X48 board with support for 1600fsb, DDR2 1066, ICH9R, fully working audio in/out (mic, line, optical, front panel), firewire.... I'm willing to pay for X48 if it will give me stability.... but I must have decent onboard working sound! Any suggestions?!?!?!

[teknojunkie]

this is the only one i could find

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813127033

[nervouschimp]

this is the only one i could find

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813127033

Well, I've experimenting with my ws pro board some more, trying to make it work for me. It looks like 8gigs of 1066 can be a challenge on a lot of boards, as its really hard on the memory controller to run 4 banks @ 2gigs each at such high speeds. Dropping the ram to 800 has allowed me to go back up 9X400fsb to run @ 3.6 24/7 rock solid. I was having random KPs, and it looks like it was the memory controller crapping-out.

As for the onboard audio, I reinstalled my patched appleHDA kext, and before I even rebooted the high-pitched ringing returned. Leaving my headphones plugged in, I plugged a second pair of headphones into the line-out port in the back and the ringing cut out. I have rebooted 10-times so far with headphones on the front and back, and the problem is gone for now. I'm not an audio engineer, so I have no idea what's wrong with the audio implementation on this board, but if this continues to work (I'll just keep a speaker system on the line out), then I'm not going to shell out for another X38/X48 board.

I have faith that in the next year we will see some affordable pcie sound cards with intel drivers, and I might also get a really nice firewire audio solution in the future.

I can live with 8gigs running @ DDR2 800, now that my board is stable. I can also live with the onboard audio bug, as long as I can keep it away.

This is a quirky lil board, but I think I'll keep it. It geekbenches in the 700s, and that's not bad. I just need to find something to put in the pci-x slot.... that's what makes this board unique.

[teknojunkie]

im using the creative sound blaster external sound card and it all works never bothered to connect the audio on the front panel.

[ollie_eddie]

I sat up till 5 in the morning reading this whole topic, word for word.
I thought i was the only one doing this mod and thought i was being original but decided to google it before i did it.
I am going to go with the idea of not chopping my G5 case to bits and have got a list of all the things i intend to use help me do that:

dell inspiron 530 slim = £483.99
PowerMac G5 Case = £50.00
big firewire to mini firewire x2 = $5.80 = £2.94
dvi to dvi+vga splitter x2 = £21.98
3.5 extension cable x4 = £3.96
ethernet extension cable = $4.18 = £2.12
graphics card 2x dvi = £106.93
wi-fi adapter = £14.00
bluetooth adapter = £12.00
usb hub = £14.99
usb extension cable x4 = £3.06
mighty mouse & keyboard = £64.00
kalyway 10.5.2 = £0.00

Total = £779.97

still need a few things like a firewire hub and/or a firewire express card thing for the back

thanks for posting all the pictures, they all look the tits and thanks for all the info in the last 27 pages.

[MrBean]

Hello Guys,
Here is my G5 Worklog, the last few pages probably the most interesting.

I am fitting the newly released Asus "Skulltrail" derivative, with 8gigs ram, 2x Xeons, SAS harddrives etc.

If there's someone here that's keen, I can open a worklog here too.

I am currently bidding on a MacPro case on ebay, and that will be used for a second project.

Enjoy.

Kind regards,
MrBean

[nervouschimp]

Pretty much done.


I finished the power jumper last night. It runs back inside the case and to the back-panel.


The female power socket is held in place with ABS cement.


After a little cable management.... but eh... it will never be pretty on the inside...

but the outside....


Everything is wired and working 100%.

Up next, eSATA (from the PCI-X slot), a couple more fans, and few other things....

[Baudouin]

Great job. Congratz. Do not worry about the cables inside, nobody sees it; The outside is fantastic!!

[nervouschimp]

Great job. Congratz. Do not worry about the cables inside, nobody sees it; The outside is fantastic!!

Thanks!.... yeah, I just barely put the side panel on for the first time, and was like, damn! This could pass as a real G5!

[Baudouin]

When I read how you did with the cables inside I was thinking, this is impossible for me. And some postings later, you ansewered which parts you used for the back side, I start to look among all my stuffs and found a short extension cable for usb, another for firewire 400, a double extension male females for USB, one or the Optical in/out, just missing the Ethernet and extension Audio!! I will give a try to use the original back panel .

[nervouschimp]

When I read how you did with the cables inside I was thinking, this is impossible for me. And some postings later, you ansewered which parts you used for the back side, I start to look among all my stuffs and found a short extension cable for usb, an other for firewire 400, a double extension male females for USB, one or the Digital in/out, just missing the Ethernet and extension Audio!! I will give a try to use the original back panel .

Go for it! The end result is very satisfying... if you don't mind the rats nest.

[teknojunkie]

Ok we just saw your POWERMAC G5 now where is your Hackintosh lol, looks goods congrats I'm trying to get the G5 powersupply so I can mod it.

[Yuriy Samorodov]

Hello, guys!
First of all, sorry for my english!
Secondly... Well.... All that you do is great! But there are some questions. Ok, Cases are vert beutiful, but they are totaly meshed... What about noise and dust?
Maybe theese questions had been already asked. If so, just excuse me, I am newbee anyway...

[nervouschimp]

Yay! I got the last G5 Skate. It's on it's way. I'll take some photos when it arrives. I wasn't able to add it to the shopping cart, so I emailed powersupport, and they said they only had one left, but they would sell it to me. The rear axle might interfere with my power supply, so If it doesn't fit, I might offer it up here before eBay.

[teknojunkie]

for the bluetooth what card did you use does it work in osx

[nervouschimp]

for the bluetooth what card did you use does it work in osx

MSI dual-net card.

The bluetooth works out of the box, and the wifi works with the ralink mac driver. Works great.