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[Baudouin]

araldite has a wide panel of glue products for all different kind of material.

[FabricioGS]

ha, this is essentially what i plan to do with the mobo tray. how strong is the bond? did you roughen the two surfaces before bonding?

It's not like a superglue wich actually happens to be something good, let's say.. in case you regret later

But it depends mostly if both surfaces are very flat. In my case, the tray I'm using now it's not very flat and I had to apply like 3 layers to keep it steady.

[DiaboliK]

i do two applications, one to just get it in place and bonded. then once that is dried i apply another "safety" layer and let that cure.

it holds my asus z7s plus 2x noctua nb-h9's. a great bit of weight just for those.

-D-

[Baudouin]

Baudouin


do you still have those logic board for sale?

Anybody else got hold of some?

Here are some pix smooth

connectors views :





Mobo upper side


Mobo down side

[ѕӎѳѳҭңӌ]

how do you apply a safety layer after it has bonded? sort of smear it round the edges?

i am worried about my mobo tray, as it is warped... ive tried to straighten it. i came home from the pub one night.... and basically annihilated my mobo tray, an old motherboard, my head and my back! good night!

[th0r1]

I figured this would be a good place to post. I have a G5 case that I planned on modding but being a poor college student I don't have the time or the money so I'm going to sell it. $80 and doesn't come with the side door.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/sys/1061904569.html

[DiaboliK]

how do you apply a safety layer after it has bonded? sort of smear it round the edges?

yep thats basically what i did

check out the after pic :



those are apple torx head mobo screws on apple mobo posts if you kids are wondering.

-D-

[ѕӎѳѳҭңӌ]

i think that would be easier for what you did... but i am attaching the actual tray... no standoffs on the back..

[Baudouin]

Oh.. that was just my first trial on the case. I disasembled the tray off an old case and glued it inside the G5 case

But I've got to be honest, I'm still improvisating because I really can't find some internal parts here in Brazil and I'm not with an International Card ATM.

I bought my case at www.allmac.com but it came without any inside parts.

I'm really desperate to find three things:

Front Panel Board (922-5979): http://www.welovemacs.com/9225979.html
PCI Divider (922-6707): http://www.welovemacs.com/9226207.html
Optical drive EMI Shield (922-6036): http://www.mac-pro.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2304/.f

I replaced my pc parts (used to have a 775 board with a Q6600), and now i'm using a modular psu, but the position remains the same as the pics in page 21 (still a mess).

My PSU and HDs remains on the same position as the picture.

I already have a brand new tray prepared with 2x90mm fans but until I buy the PCI Divider (so I could keep the optical drive and the PSU above and the rest below it) I think there's nothing to do right now.

Hello FabricioGS,

I can provide you the PCI divider and the Optical drive EMI Shield. Any idea of the shipping costs from belgium to Brazil ? PM me if you're interested. Salute

[DiaboliK]

i think that would be easier for what you did... but i am attaching the actual tray... no standoffs on the back..

as i'm using a server board a tray would'nt have worked well in my favor, plus all mods with trays look like crapola to me.

-D-

[wlazara]

Picked up a broken g5 at the local repair shop and I'm finally ready to get started! Am very glad I stumbled across this post because I had given up on keeping the back panel stock... but now I'm going to go for an internal mobo tray + extenders a la Nervous Chimp.

Build will be x58/i7 once efi-x certifies x58 mobos...

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[wlazara]

doh the DFI mATX x58 board doesn't have firewire... I don't really care that much about having firewire in my system, I'm just concerned about the front panel grounding... do I need firewire for that?

[FabricioGS]

Hello FabricioGS,

I can provide you the PCI divider and the Optical drive EMI Shield. Any idea of the shipping costs from belgium to Brazil ? PM me if you're interested. Salute

Thanks, but how could I pay you? If I had an international credit card I would had already bought those parts from welovemacs.com.

I really have no clue about the shipping costs but it would have to be sent by UPS, Fedex or something like that.

[Baudouin]

Thanks, but how could I pay you? If I had an international credit card I would had already bought those parts from welovemacs.com.

I really have no clue about the shipping costs but it would have to be sent by UPS, Fedex or something like that.

I will check the UPS rate to Brazil . For the payment you can use WesterUnion or send a Post cheque.

[FabricioGS]

Ok, thanks. Just to make easier to you, my postal code is 03169-010, maybe they ask you about it.

[Baudouin]

OK for the post code but I need the City name too.

[FabricioGS]

Oh, it's São Paulo and the name of the state is also São Paulo just like New York/NY.

[(XS)s0lid]

I'm currently working with same project
Worklog is here if you wanna have a look:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=220390

Got one solution for ethernet connector:

Tear it open, remove black box saying Midcom 7277-30, that's an magnetic isolator.
Then just solder cables directly to green pcb =)

Picture:
http://s0lid.bx.fi/kuva/powermac/DSC_0328.JPG?size=1280x1024

Works like charm, tested with Via Epia-M

[ѕӎѳѳҭңӌ]

Looks good!

thanks for informing us about the LAN port, im gonna find that useful!!

also i know its too late now, but you didnt need to saw off those stand-offs.... they just pull out!

@ Baudouin: do you accept paypal? i will get round to paying you and sorting it out!!! im just real busy with work mate!

I'm currently working with same project
Worklog is here if you wanna have a look:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=220390

Got one solution for ethernet connector:

Tear it open, remove black box saying Midcom 7277-30, that's an magnetic isolator.
Then just solder cables directly to green pcb =)

Picture:
http://s0lid.bx.fi/kuva/powermac/DSC_0328.JPG?size=1280x1024

Works like charm, tested with Via Epia-M

[Baudouin]

@ Baudouin: do you accept paypal? i will get round to paying you and sorting it out!!! im just real busy with work mate!

Yes I do I do, just use my email adresse.