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

[dcshoejake]

i have done it...

asus p5ld2-vm (micro atx) board.

you must create cable that reach the rear of the g5 tower and the rear of the motherboard. (or you can cut it but if you want it to be nice...)
there is not much place than 2 cm !!!!

fill non-used port place with glue gun ( put adesive outside and glue inside and when the glue is cold remove adesive)
for front buttons, you must cut the small board (on the button socket level) otherwise the computer start up himself and the button is not responding.

reach usb and fw with any cables to the motherboard (long enough to go under the board and reach there ports) and to the fw pci board

create a cable motherboard vga to pci bracket.

sata cable must be changed : they are too small
install new and put them under mainboard too

for the alim : i have used X-shuttle small alim !!! (inside the box, down)
you must only reach the rear of the g5 box alim connector place to the x-shuttle alim board...connect apple alim to x-shuttle connector (reffer to the cd connector to find colors with tester...all cables are black..)

(Moderator edit - translation - alim = power supply!)

and all is well working.

(the alim is ok, i have oc my prescott 3 ghz to 3,9 ghz !!!)

one more think...

for motherboard support,

remove apple supports (move them left to right, they are only in 1/2mm of alu, WHEN YOU REMOVE THEM THERE IS ALUMINIUM UNDER...DONT BE AFFRAID )
do not put them to trash !!!!

i have created gomme supports with cutted apple screw support inside
(fix it with real glue on the g5 box, with real glue, you can't extract it when motherboard is fixed...)

hope this help you

oh oh please please..i want..i want pictures yeah

[frostycomputer]

that post is 2 years old

[HacOSXuser]

Hey frosty computer. hows that 9600 in os x? full res/qe/ci?
need something to replace my 7300gt.

[frostycomputer]

Hey frosty computer. hows that 9600 in os x? full res/qe/ci?
need something to replace my 7300gt.

Yeah the 9600 gso is great picked one up for $105. Full res/qe/ci. The 9600GSO is really just a re-branded 8800 gs it even uses the same drivers. Just if you get one upgrade to at least 10.5.3 before installing. Just use NVinstaller v.52 and your set.

[HacOSXuser]

thanks. yeah im running 10.5.4 so it shouldn't be a problem.

[mikea128]

Anyone in or around Boston want to help with a G5 case mod? Or if I shipped a case to you, would you mod it for me? Of course I'd pay for the service
Alternatively, anyone willing to part with their already modded G5 case?

[bmxer55]

Hey quick question, does anyone find that the original apple fans are kind of loud? More Specifically, both of the hard drive bay fans. The sound is like a loud buzz. It gets pretty annoying considering that before i hooked them up i could barely hear my computer but now i can hear it very well. If any one can help me out i'd very much appreciate it.

~bmxer55

[frostycomputer]

Hey quick question, does anyone find that the original apple fans are kind of loud? More Specifically, both of the hard drive bay fans. The sound is like a loud buzz. It gets pretty annoying considering that before i hooked them up i could barely hear my computer but now i can hear it very well. If any one can help me out i'd very much appreciate it.

~bmxer55

I have the same problem, moving from 12 volts to 5 helped a little, but the G5 case isn't very quite with all those holes in it.

[dark4181]

Swap in some aftermarket fans. Problem solved

[frostycomputer]

Swap in some aftermarket fans. Problem solved

But thats too easy of a solution.

[Baudouin]

But thats too easy of a solution.

too easy no fun, that's what you mean ? i totally agree with you.

[shaanky98]

so my front-mounted board, and cabling method would very easily allow for this:



An iMac Pro.

What do you guys think? should I make this happen?

I have been thinking of doing something like this as well

[erenba]

Hi guys I'm from Switzerland and I've also done a Hackintosh or however you call it.
Well I actually almost finishe everything but I have a problem with the frontpanel. I ordered it by Apple but It came without cable and I do not have one. It has 18 pins and my input on my motherboard has only 9. I dont know how to do it. Well look at the pictures.

Thanks
ERen

System:

CPU: Q6600
GPU: Nvidia 8600GT with a huge cooler
MB: Asus from my old HP pc
PSU: Enermax Modu82+
Fan: 2x Noctua 120mm
HDD: 2x Samsung 500GB
ROM: LG Blueray/HD-DVD

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[teknojunkie]

here you go

http://www.applepalace.com/scripts/prodVie...?idproduct=4076

and check out another one of my post called G5 diagrams it has all the diagrams you need

[jchpdv6835]

ok, so I think I may have gotten an older case or at least one that's very different from what I see everyone else has. my bluetooth and WiFi run from the front of the case to the back of the case into this gray plastic piece? the part number on the case is 620-3128.
Im just starting out, haven't decided if i should hack the back or make the old ports work. but all the ports are in a different order that what i've seen everyone else has too.

from top to bottom:
2 lan ports
1 fire wire 800
1 fire wire 400
1 optical audio in
1 optical audio out
1 analog audio out
1 analog audio in
3 usbs

I can't find the camera other wise i'd just post a pic.
theres also no real wiring harness, just bits and pieces of it. (a couple of sata cables and sata power, optical drive power, and a few others.)

Im planning on using an older foxconn board with an athlon 64 3000 that i've had sitting around, until i can scrape up enough for the rest of the build.
any tips on where to start, ideas or other suggestions?
and what size is the star bit needed to remove everything?

Thanks in advance

[Bryon80]

First I'd like to thank you guys for supplying all the information about the case here. It was a tremendous help.

I got an empty G5 case (empty as in without logic board, hard drive etc., all the fans, cables etc were still there) from a friend...for a couple of beers. I rebuilt the case to fit a microATX board. It was actually pretty easy. I'm not much of a craftsman, but I think the result is pretty nice.

Front (not much to see here):


Back:


This photo is without hardware, because I'm still waiting for my new power supply and two 92mm fans for the back to arrive. I was unable to get the original Apple back fans to run, so I need to replace them with standard PC fans. I am going to use the original fan mount though.

The LED, USB connector and power button work. I don't have a FW connector on the main board, so I didn't bother to rewire that. I also don't need the front audio connector, so I didn't rewire that one either.

This is what I did:

I first removed everything in the case, including all the fans and the metal sheet that separated the drive section from the logic board section and the drive holder. Then I removed the original distance pieces (very easy, just tilt them with pliers and they come right off). Then I roughened up the ground of the distance pieces, screwed them to the main board and applied glue (you know, the type of super glue that is supposed to glue a building to a running train) at the bottom of each piece. Then I literally glued the main board right on the correct spot. Saved me a lot of measuring. When the glue dried, I unscrewed the main board again.

Obviously, the cut-outs for the backside connectors are incompatible with ATX main boards. So I had to cut a hole here. I wanted to keep the original fan grill though, so I had to move that one too. Eventually I removed a big part of the back and replaced it with a large aluminium plate (2mm strength). For the main board connectors I bent a 0.8mm aluminium plate into the form of a small tray, cut out the spaces for the connectors and attached it below the upper plate. Then I cut out two large circles in the plate and attached the fan grill to it. Finally I bolted it all together on case. Eventually I also painted the whole thing to make it look more like coming from one source. Unfortunately the paint I chose darkened when it dried and it doesn't quite fit the color of the rest of the case. I also had to use a brush (I don't have an airbrush) and looks a bit amateurish if you ask me.



Anyway, let me know what you think and I hope this description helps someone when rebuilding their case like your posts helped me. Thanks again.

[teknojunkie]

really clean and nice good job.

[Bryon80]

Thanks. I got my new power supply today and moved all the parts into the new case. Runs very nicely. My two 92mm will arrive tomorrow. Until then I cross my fingers that it doesn't get too hot in there. Will supply new photos of the final setup tomorrow, stay tuned

[jchpdv6835]

anyone know the proper pinout for the power switch itself? I don't have the firewire/usb/audio card for the case, just the power button and led.I was able to get it connected to my motherboard and it turned it on and off a few times. but one of the solders broke off and now my computer goes into a reset loop. This happens even when I use another power button. but if i unplug the power from the c it'll boot up, but since that's the power for the video, i can't see what's on the screen. any ideas?
bought a new motherboard, power supply is working fine. must have been the other board. still need to know which is which on on the actual power button.
thanks in advance.

[teknojunkie]

if you look around in Mods and Overclocking you can find many things

here you go. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=109381

its best if you by the part for the usb, fw and the audio