ha whilst re-reading this whole thread i found this post i wrote a year ago. how ironic, now im after a broken, out of date piece of silicon.....

LOOL, Like, I said Soomthy, Does anyone want to buy a Broken Logic Board, By the way it's me amantheboy. Someone bought it off of me for $45. Lol

lol! well i would have been able to buy it anyways.... the postage to the uk makes me want to cry!

any idea why my display name shows as smoomhy? it says smoothy in my account and said smoothy on the old board?

Just out of interest fabricio, how did you mount your motherboard tray in the photos posted on page 21 of this thread?

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.

do you have no service centres in Brazil?

can you expand on the gluing of the tray? i though that looked like what you have done... this thought is crossing my mind now... can you possibly post some more pics? what did you use? how strong is it?

also what cooler have you got on your 920 to get 3.9?

Simply the best one: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + 1366 bolt-thru kit



Yes we have but they say they have some sort of contact with Apple that prevent them to sell those parts alone. They can only provide parts for a real Mac with a real Serial Number (I know..).



Well.. I don't know the name of this kind of glue in english, sorry but my vocabulary is a bit limited Is a glue used for metal and it's used by conbining two different components like this:




For the HDs, I'm using a Thermaltake iCage:





Then after mixing the two components, I had to place the tray on the case and something above it for a while:




Later I was able to mount the real board for the first time:





Some other pics:







I'm at work right now, later at home I'll post some updated pics.

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?

@smoothyboothy : http://www.jbweld.net/products/jbweld.php

jb-weld ftw

DiaboliK - thats what i plan to use... got loads of the stuff here. i used it back when i was at school to in my engineering classes. it wasnt strong enough for what i needed it for... i was lathing it and it failed... hence me asking about the strength of the bond. its possible i didnt quite get the mixture right... so im gonna make sure this time.. if it isnt strong enough ill try another route.

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

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.

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-

Here are some pix smooth

connectors views :





Mobo upper side


Mobo down side

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!

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

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-

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

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

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-

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...

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

no, as far as im aware just wire the firewire ground to a spare usb ground or power switch ground.

You're welcome

Oh well doesn't matter anymore, were just too suspicius that those stand-offs would have been more deeper

Btw if someone is interested, i can make adapters for frontpanels 18pin connector
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I bought the components recommended by nervouschimp, so im not in need of PCB. however somebody else might!

how much would you want for one of those PCBs xs solid

Xsolid, I would be interested in an adapter for my front panel - I have the stock g5 apple front panel cable. Let me know!

thanks,

Wes

About ~6-8$ + shippings for the board + cable connectors
Like in this picture
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And with 70cm long cables ~12-15$ + shippings.

Just pics:
Click to view attachment Yea i know i did the audio cable too short, tho this is for my own build...
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how much for shipping to the uk for just the board and connectors?

Send me an pm

Got one cable set almoust done, then i ran out of pins for those connector, need to go get more tomorrow. FW cabling left to do for this one. calbes are 73cm long so those shouldn't get too short.
The color scheme is what it's, there weren't any other colorcoded cables..

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If possible i'd rather not take more orders, well until i get this series done and shipped.

Just out of interest, what screws have people used to fit their optical drives. i got a nasty surprise when i rang me local reseller about the apple screws and he told me they were £19! Screw that!! I've looked around and tried a couple but they don't fit!

Ouch! I've the oringinal screws here, if you can find flad headed m3 screws and some thich washers, that should do the trick...

And i well know what i'll be doing this weekend, cables!

Hello, (XS)s0lid I sent you a PM.

Why does the optical drive need specific screws? Won't regular optical drive screws work?

tbh im not entirely sure which screws class as optical drive screws as my drive didnt come with any. mobo screws are the closest, but i dont think they are long enough for the drive to clear through the slot. i think the bottom of the tray will foul on the case.

E: Bloody IE...
Ok, Got 6 fresh PCBs ready for soldering, 2 cable sets done except FW cable (pinout WIP).

which screws do you have? there are two versions? are they a hex head? also does your drive eject properly or does it catch the case?

oooh monday today! can i smell some fresh PCBs? lol

Yup hex head, haven't tested the drive at all. I'll take pic from those later today.
Yes, read my earilers post =)

when you say ready to be soldered, is that meaning with those pins in?

2 Boards soldered, need to get more connectors...

send me a PM when you want the