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

[akira9000]

Can anyone tell me what type of screws are used on the motherboard standoffs? I have removed the standoffs with pliers and plan to remount them with jb weld, but I need to find some replacement screws first. Thanks.

they are m3.5 anodised and are a pain to get hold of.
I found it easier getting some m3 stadoffs the height I needed and just getting some m3 screws to go with them

Anybody here willing to make up a front panel to ATX converter lead for a few £$€?

I don't think Ill have the time and its the last part I need.

[Thath0r]

Anybody here willing to make up a front panel to ATX converter lead for a few £$€?

If there is somebody, I'd also be very interested!

[nerdalertdk]

If there is somebody, I'd also be very interested!

what do you meen with atx to front ?

Something like this ?
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[Thath0r]

what do you meen with atx to front ?

Something like this ?
 Front_G5.png ( 27.37K ) Number of downloads: 94

Yes, in a way. I think in this thread there was once a guy who made some of 'em. Let's just say it would reduce the work quite a bit.

[akira9000]

Yes, in a way. I think in this thread there was once a guy who made some of 'em. Let's just say it would reduce the work quite a bit.

yeah , like that but with the firewire and usb wired in too

[DiaboliK]

yeah , like that but with the firewire and usb wired in too

last ive seen the xs(solid) pcb's were having problems and when i tried to get 3 of them i got scoffed off so i'd say make your own...

[Thath0r]

so i'd say make your own...

Yeah, BUT HOW?

[nerdalertdk]

Yeah, BUT HOW?

here all you need

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1226642

[akira9000]

thanks for the link but its the time involved thats the issue, not the hardware/instructions thats the problem.

If I have to I will indeed be knocking on of these up for myself. Guess I'll just have to be patient.

Thath0r - whereabouts in the world are you.....UK, US, Euro?
If I have to make 1, I guess I may as well do two at the same time. Could mail you one for a small donation to cover the postage. Always good to practice my soldering anyway, it may be 2 or 3 weeks before I get time though

[bjarnero]

thanks for the link but its the time involved thats the issue, not the hardware/instructions thats the problem.

If I have to I will indeed be knocking on of these up for myself. Guess I'll just have to be patient.

Thath0r - whereabouts in the world are you.....UK, US, Euro?
If I have to make 1, I guess I may as well do two at the same time. Could mail you one for a small donation to cover the postage. Always good to practice my soldering anyway, it may be 2 or 3 weeks before I get time though

Hi,
I´d be interested, too...
happy to donate, I need two, though,
one for me, one for my brother, we're doing two G5's...:-)

I live in Copenhagen, Denmark

[justaviet]

Does anyone have some of the internal stock apple parts they ripped out when modding??

I'm looking specifically for:
G5 Heat Sink Cap
PCI Divider
Power Supply Cover
and the plastic wire management thing under the stock logic board

PM me

[olinboy1]

Mac Pro Case for sale I found on eBay. I'm not in the market for another build, but I thought this would be a good place to bring it up.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=183449

[ruslan120]

Hey guys! I was having a couple of problems with dvi-hdmi scaling and the monitor's hdmi reading (it would show a big glaringly blue screen and flash until it found a signal) so I whipped up a dual socket DVI plate in one of the fan grills. I've updated my worklog and not double posting pics here because I'm being cheap and not re-paying for a photobucket pro account

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?...6579&page=4

[ronsega]

Started on my G5 w/PC mod. Lots of information on this forum/thread. Just want to share my approach of wiring up the G5 front panel for ATX front panel.

Here's my wiring harness with USB IDC connector. I re-used ribbon from an old IDE ribbon cable. Joined the wire harness using jumper wires and header pins and soldered them to the ribbon cable and attached to the IDC/jumper connectors

Tested this on my current hackintosh setup. Powers up, LED lights up, USB (verified working) and Firewire (only verified to power device), sound (not verified yet)

[wlazara]

awesome! any chance I could talk you into wiring one of those up for me very willing to pay!!!

[AndrewH]

awesome! any chance I could talk you into wiring one of those up for me very willing to pay!!!

Same here, I'll definitely cover your time + cost. Please let me know!

Thanks,
Andrew

[ronsega]

I can make extras probably 2 at a time on a weekend though. I was thinking what would be the easiest for somoene to hook up the end of these (blue wires) to the G5 front panel wire harness, I think I'll label them with the pinout number of the G5 pinout for direct plug in with the header pins.

So if still interested PM me.

-Ron

awesome! any chance I could talk you into wiring one of those up for me very willing to pay!!!

Same here, I'll definitely cover your time + cost. Please let me know!
Thanks,
Andrew

[Neonflux]

I can make extras probably 2 at a time on a weekend though. I was thinking what would be the easiest for somoene to hook up the end of these (blue wires) to the G5 front panel wire harness, I think I'll label them with the pinout number of the G5 pinout for direct plug in with the header pins.

So if still interested PM me.

-Ron

Can you also make one for me please?
I created something similar, but it seems that wires are touching at the other end to each other , as mine is not as neatly done as yours.

[gitano]

Heyho,

So after reading in these excellent forums for quite a long while i decided to start this mod as well. Hackintosh in a standard pc case is fine...but dunno, somehow something was still missing. Yes, a shiny enclosure. All the available lian-li etc cases didnt satisfy me, so after i finally stumbled over this excellent thread i decided: hell yeah, lets do it .

Here are a few first shots of my new (well, actually the hardware is quite old ) baby, which started modding last w/e (pardon the crappy mobile phone pics..still have no no decent camera, mmpf):


A first shot of the tray fitted inside the cut out rear. I first have been planning to keep the original rear (as i suppose a lot of modders here did ) until i had some luck purchasing an old ripped off aluminium case from a local pc dealer for just 10 bucks, which tray was removable and had just the perfect size .
Dunno, would have been cool to keep the original rear i/o together with the original pci slots... but that would've been a mayor pain in the ass also...soldering all the plugs, fitting it into a space as broad as 2cm, and re-doing all the work once u decide to buy a new mainboard... this way it is just usable and modular. And who looks at the rear all the day anyways .


A first testing setup, i still have the PSU in front of the CPU cooler, which i had running without a fan in the beginnng. Which worked quite well on idle and normal use, never tested it on more power consuming tasks. Atm, i have a slim cooler with a small fan running at lower rpms between cpu and psu, this works quite well, but is a bit noisy. Am planning to go for a watercooling solution anyways, way to go with this case .
The harddisks are still running in the original cage, which is not that best solution in terms of denoising and cooling the disks, imho. Still havent connected the 2 fans up there, will do that another day and see what they do (and how much noise they produce...). Oh, and btw, if u havent got the original hdd screws for that cage: GO GET EM. They definately make a difference in noise .


This is an pretty actual shot of the rear featuring the cut for the side lock, the psu rear in the original tray fanhole and a new cut out hole for the psu rear exhaust (or maybe a 2nd future fan, in case i am planning to fit the psu in the top departement of the case). And, damn, i need to get a real camera

Todo list for the very next task:
Building a new cage in front departement of the case outta 4 aluminium corners going from the bottom to the upper departement. Will have ca. 5.25" size and holding:
a) a slim and long radiator and fans in front of it
denoised hdd's
c) water pump at the bottom

Well, never thought that i would've been able to get this case up and running in 2-3 days, but i did. And yes, a Dremel is an excellent tool

greetz,
gitano

[n1c3jack3t]

I sent out a few PMs to people who had previously made some sort of solution to connect the front panel to the mobo. I'm a complete n00b with wiring and pins/pinouts so in looking to pay someone for their services to mock up a cable that connects to the 2x9 g5 plug and has some headers to plug into my mobo for the power button/led/USB/FireWire to function correctly. Please pm me or let me know if you're interested. My board is a GA-G31M-ES2L. Thanks!