Thanks Nagal for the rapid response. However you can get different firewire 800 cables, some are 9 pin to 9pin, 9 pin to 4 pin etc. So do you know which one it is?

Also nagal where did you get the front plate cover for your case?

I am *think* it is 9 pin to 9 pin, I can take a look tonight when I get home. I think there is one other cable involved and I will take a look at it as well.

That would be great thanks

And where did you get the front plate which covers the front fans from?

Many Thanks Sam

Someone fund me to build one of these =P I am debating between this or a Hackintosh! Strongly leaning on this idea like I was before..!

Anyone wanna buy a guitar? =P

It is a 9 pin to 9 pin Firewire cable. The other cable (besides the SATA one I mentioned earlier) does not appear to be anything that you can readily buy off the shelf. It would not be hard to make IF you can figure out what molex connectors it uses and wear it goes to This is probably it

http://www.applepalace.com/scripts/prodVie...?idproduct=7533

There is also another cable on the front panel assembly for the headphone jack

http://www.applepalace.com/scripts/prodVie...?idproduct=7509

I'm so pissed it's taking so long to get my Build together... so close... sorry to disappoint but I snagged two quad 2.66 Ghz Clovertowns off of ebay for $665; non-ES. Couldn't help it... great deal. I also snagged a brand new Mac Pro enclosure with all the bits and pieces ... carriers.. fans blah blah blah for $300. Two extra sets of front fans and extra memory cage. What a frickin steal I'll mostly likely throw them up on ebay for resale if anyone is interested (cables, fans, cage, carriers - so HOLD OFF with applepalace). Snagged an airport card for $30 and 7300GT for $57. Guys... the deals are out there just look. As far as the harpertowns, my company funded me $3600 for a Skulltrail build which I ordered a pair of 2.5 Ghz Harpertowns, 8 gigs of RAM, 8800GT, Four SATA drives, Two DVD DL. I can't believe I got so much PC hardware for $3600. Once I get these processors I'll throw them into the Mac Pro for testing. I also ordered Vista Ultimate 64bit YUCKKKKKK for sh*ts and giggles; Leopard is the best. I'll try to Hackintosh that beast, I'm hopeful even though I read a report on a failed attempt.

Digitalperformer what cables have you got? And Im interrested in buying the memory cage with rear fan, and the 2 front fans with pci guide, and if you have all the cables, them as well.

Would you except $80 for the lot? Including delivery to Engalnd?

Many Thanks Sam

how much for the wireless keyboard

Sam... sorry dude, I would love too but I'd be losing money on it; I want fair market value on it; not saying that applepalaces prices are fair market value (inflated if you ask me). I'm gonna throw it up on Ebay hopefully within the week if I'm not gonna use any of it for another project I'm working on. Don't worry I'm not going to rape the prices; but I'm not going to take a loss. Sammy.. as far as cables are concerned... I'll find you an alternative solution for that if you're willing to invest time into making cables; not difficult at all. Mouser has all of the necessary molex connectors and terminal inserts for the Logic Board. So far I'm up to $25 for connectors; cheap considering what each wire harnesses go for on the market. I was even thinking about making a few sets and throwing them up on ebay. Will keep ya' posted... Peace yo...



Is anyone having problems posting pictures???

digitalperformer,

did you happen to find the molex connectors that plug into the PCIe power plugs? I am wanting to get an X1900XT and flash it but not wanting to drop $30-$40 for the Apple PCIe power cable.

Thanks man for the fast reply,

What about $80 for the memory cage and front fans? Inc shipping?

Follow this http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail...y538-43025-0600get compatible pins too. Just look at catalogue.and check this outhttp://www.tenthousandpercent.com/?section...&article=96Hally... I'll keep you in mind... but ebay is the way I'll be going.

Sweet!

I have a PCIe Power Cable from an old modular power supply so I just need the connector for the Apple end of the cable

Listed, did you get my email?

Heya! Nagal, you'd honestly be able to run the x1900XT off the Molex port, I did it back in the day (Flash the card and all). I never had a problem running Half Life 2 at 1920x1080 with all the settings cranked. THough, I wouldn't recommend having a CD running whilst playing games. Just get yourself some molex spiters and run it down through.

But if you can find the right pieces, it's definitely better to run it off the proper power port. (Goes back to when we were discussing powering the water cooling setup)

Listed i also noticed an airport card attached to the prototype board.

Is that for sale?

I thought of getting an adapter for the 4-pin molex of the optical drives but since I have a PCIe power cable, it will be very easy (thanks to the links dp provided) to covert that to work straight off the ports on the logic board.

The Xeons and Coolers are in BIZNATCHES!! Tank, Video Card, and PCI Power Tap remaining. So close I almost came in my pants today

I was going to say you better post some pic but I see when I quoted you for the reply there are img tags but no images show up. Weird.

Nagal, you like my memory cage plagiarism? hehe... you inspired it, I'm gonna mod it a little more. I'm planning on making a bracket and a threaded shaft to support the left side of the memory riser. It's unfortunate I had to chop up my cage to make room; another Apple design flaw.

Nagal, I got my order from mouser... the micro fit 3 molex six pin fits like a glove... happy slicing cheers.

Sweet!

I will have to order mine soon. I think I found myself an X1900XT for $40 It does not have a hsf on it but I am sure I can pick up an after market one without too much issue.

I've got 3 stock fan/heatsink! I take them off first thing and get the accelero S1! Definitely get the turbo module to go along with it.

I was planning on getting the Accelero S1 was not so sure about the turbo module but since you recommend I guess I can spend the extra $12 on it

Hi guys I have built a G5 hack before but now as I was reading through the forum I found out that you guys are now building a Mac Pro not a hackintosh correct me if I am wrong. I have managed to get a Mac pro case off ebay, now I am looking for the logic board and the other bits.
Please can someone kindly tell me the best place to buy these in the uk.

www.welovemacs.com
www.allmac.com
www.mac-pro.com
www.ebay.com

www.applepalace.com for logic board

clovertown 8 core (ver 2., 8x) (MacPro2,1) around $760's.. still to be determined if Harpertown will work on this board.

(MacPro3,1) around $1100, harpertown issued board.

Thanks m8 I will have a look at these sites.

I'm getting a 1950XTX 1024MB in the next few days, and I heard that in the hack the XTX fan runs constantly at 100%, which means a noise problem, so how quiet is the S1?



Last time I looked, the US wasn't part of the UK. Is your economy THAT BAD now?

The housing market over inflated, credit cards will be the Doom of our Economy... Geezzzz. Well at least we don't get raped with taxes as much as the Bristish . Socialized medicine is a wonderful thing; someone has to pay for it . Now wait in line for your X-ray.

The housing market over inflated, credit cards will be the Doom of our Economy... Geezzzz. Well at least we don't get raped with taxes as much as the Bristish . Social Medicine is a wonderful thing and someone has to pay for it . Now wait in line for your X-ray.

I was just giving him reference to a couple of sites.

I know dude... just messing around It just seems like the best parts market for mac is in the US.

100% Silent! It's absolutely amazing! You may hear a tiny bit of a hissing sound at first, this is just the heatpipes getting broken in. Adding the turbo module make a HUGE difference temperature and is nearly silent, absolutely brilliant design!

JUST MAKE SURE when you install the power bridge heatsink, that 1. take off the plastic film, and 2. Be very very careful not to chip the tiny transistor near the edge, it's basically touching the side (on older models of the S1) the newer revision is a bit better.

Hi guys I have I was got a Mac Pro Case for sale if anyone wants it please PM me, I am in the United Kingdom.

I am selling this one because I bought two from ebay. I made two offers and won them at the same time so if you want one I can sell it for the price I bought it for which is £130 + £20 shipment

*sigh*

go watch Sicko and get back to me

Listed1st I PMd you about these i am still waiting for the reply or these parts have already been bought?

Oh! What a world! One of my 2.66GHz Clovertown CPUs fried! Just plain stopped working! Sad day. But I'm sure intel will warranty an ES chip...

Have any of you guys considered overclocking the xeons? Also, you know where I can find a picture of an Apple stock HSF?

Heres the ram im selling 1gb stick

The BSEL mod is overclocking, it is the only overclocking you can get with the majority of Xeon motherboard and logic boards. As for a pic of the stock HSF check through this thread someone posted a picture

Thanks for the quick responses Nagal, as usual

As for the Stock HSF, I guess I was a bit confused with the Thermalright HR-01 X since that thing is huge, and I guess the Apple Stock is as well?


And i guess your post: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry557753
They are huge even w/o fans! no wonder the mac pros are pertty silent.
Went through about 19 pages of the 25 in this thread, believing it was the Thermalrights. Are those Apple stock HSF overclockable? Go BSEL!

Yes that is a pic of the stock Heat Sink. Not really HSF as there is no fan on them The only reason to OC these Xeons is if you are using Engineer Samples or some of the lower ends that only have a 1066 FSB. If you already have cpus with the 1333 FSB, I doubt you can do an OC on the MacPro 1,1 or 2,1 logic boards as they probably will not recognize the 1600 FSB. I think those Apple HS would be fine for OCing 1066 FSB to 1333 FSB but it is hard to say.

The stock heatsinks are perfect for overclocking! I've overclocked 14 Mac Pros so far, all using the stock heatsink, no problems at all. Personally though, I like to have the RPMs on the fans a bit higher, but they are okay without increasing the speed as well.

YAAAYYYY Got my mac pro to boot; Running two quad 2.66Ghz Clovertowns with 4 Gigs of IRam.. Koolance running off of PCI-e as well cpu fans I'm using to cool RAM directly along with Koolance 120mm Fan pointing toward chipsets. CPU heatsink thermal sensors are working too. Finishing off the odds and ends; once done I will post pictures!! Nagal did you resolve your top fan wanting to run at full speed? I reset SMC which did the trick..

Awesome!!!

I still have had no luck with the top fan. I have tried the SMC reset (pressing the SMC button on the Logic board) and still nothing but full speed. So are you saving you ran into the same issue and doing the reset fixed it?

On a side note, it is very cool to see others building their own Mac Pro's. I never thought anyone would have followed in my steps

Yeah.... Followed your example Thank you for the inspiration. Yeah I had the same problem... I reset the SMC and for the hell of it the other micro switches It seems like once it was reset the transistors were registered with Hardware Monitor... Computer booted appropriately. One thing I would like to compare with you is which pins on the cpu heatsink terminals did you connect the collector-base and emitter to. I did have to swap the pin configuration to find which worked. I'm having a hard time keeping the transistors to hold again my water blocks; trying electrical tape.... Going for the Gorilla Glue

I used duct tape to secure mine sensors They have held so I have not bothered to use the Artric Silver compound that I think Listed or newtech posted a link to. I am not sure which pins I am wired to. I got lucky in that after making my sensor when plugged in, one worked the other didn't. So I flipped the wires I the one that did not work and on reboot both started reading. It is hard to get to the plugs because of my heatsinks or I would pull them out and take a look at how they are wired.

I am going to have to try the SMC reset again. I would really like to have the Mac Pro fan in there instead of the Yate Loon I have now in the top spot.

Congratz to both of you Nagal and digitalperformer. I am sure others will follow your example. I had dreamed about it, but still busy to Hack my Tosh.

So close... just need to straighten it out and retap the PCI-e for power....