grady.lynch Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hello fellow G5 modders! I am geting ready to start my G5 mod and I will be sure to take lots of pictures, as I know thats what I love about this forum! I have just one question that I need answered before I can start. What is the name of the tool used to cut the hole in the back of the case? (see attachment)* (I don't need an air powered version, just an attachment for a drill) *Attachment taken from macmaniac's thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It's called a Dremel Tool. An electric one should work just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 It's called a Dremel Tool. An electric one should work just fine. Thank you! Would this be the right size attachment? http://cgi.ebay.com/1-3-4-Metal-Cutting-Sa...6#ht_500wt_1084 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Alright these are obnoxiously large images but I don't have photoshop installed currently and I don't know any other way of shrinking pix. Anyways..... the case came today. As you can see it has a few dings and the bottom handle is partially disconnected from the body. I would love any advice on how to fix that. I have yet to start disassembling it, but when I do, I'll be sure to take more pix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 How would I go about removing this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...58026/lightbox/ Here's my thoughts for the layout. http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...21501/lightbox/ It's very basic, but I'm keeping things rather simple. Any thoughts? Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 As you can see, I took apart the apple power supply to better understand it. What I want to be able to do is mount my power suply in the metal cage that once contained the G5's power suply. However, I want to keep my psu inside its case, so I was wondering if it is possible to hook up the +, - and ground from the Apple PSU to the external part of my psu, (2nd picture) Has this been done? I cant find anywhere on the forum where it has If not, is it possible and would it ruin my psu for other uses? Please help me out here, as I'm new to all this! ________________EDIT_________________ Where can I get/ how can I make a cable like this? http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...90024/lightbox/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Bogunovic Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 The PSU "Link" cable in that pic is made using heat shrink which you can buy at electronic component stores (think radio shack but in your area). When making these kinds of leads make sure you're aware what you're dealing with, there are there wires typically, Earth, Active and Neutral - if you are not savvy in that area maybe seek outside help just to be safe. As for fitting a standard PSU in place of apple's unit, it can be done but this isnt something i've tried personally, first thing to comes to mind for me personally would be modifying your PSU and striping back the casing so you can keep the G5 aesthetics. This is the internet! if you've thought of it chances are 1000 other people have also, just depends if they've blogged it Looking at your earlier posts; that nasty scratch/dent can't exactly be patched up be be made unnoticeable unless you plan to paint the case.. if you are planning to do so I'd say give it a sand until even, apply some filler to to level the surface (i think some metal epoxy will do the trick - I use JB weld) sand again once cured and then prime before paint... but that's me. All the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Thank you for responding!!! I've been working on the power connection and I've got this so far. http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...57625918958026/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...57625918958026/ I don't know what I'm gona do about the Ground that isn't connected. It isn't long enough to touch any screws, but I haven't really put any time into finding a solution. As for the power rig as a whole, it is functional, as I tested it on my current computer and It powered on. I am worried about the PSU itself though. I don't have any means of screwing it to the stock apple PSU cage. Will my PSU be ok if it is snugly positioned in the G5 PSU cage, without being screwed into anything? Again thank you for actually responding!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Are you guys hard wiring these to your psu or using a small ext. cable? Sorry but I'm a bit baffled by how Zoran is doing this. Any chance you could post better pics of the parts you used? Thanks for any help you can offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Are you guys hard wiring these to your psu or using a small ext. cable? Sorry but I'm a bit baffled by how Zoran is doing this. Any chance you could post better pics of the parts you used? Thanks for any help you can offer. Hi Snackole I just recreated what I saw here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...90024/lightbox/ All I did was: 1. I took a regular power cable that you use to connect your PC to the wall outlet and cut it in half. (Depending on how long you need your cable from the back of the case to your PSU adjust acordingly. You will be using the female end, not the male end) 2. Separated the + (Red) - (Blue or sometimes Black) and ground (green) 3. Opened up the power supply that came with my G5 and cut the 2 wires connecting the Power inlet to the G5's PSu board. Pictured here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...11015/lightbox/ 4. Used an x-acto knife (box cutter would work too) to shave off the plastic protective coating of the wires so about 1/4 of an inch of the metal wire is showing on each of the 3 wires of the re-purposed power cable 5. Did the same thing for the G5 Power socket's wires 6. Used electrical tape to connect the +'s and -'s From the re-purposed power cable to the G5 socket I connected Red > Tan (+) and Blue to Black (-) Both grounds should be grounded (although I have yet to do that with one of mine) Specifically, to connect the wires lay the exposed metal next to each other and wrap tightly with electrical tape 7. Make sure everything looks snug and you're good to go after connecting the grounds of course! In the end it should look something like this, but with BOTH grounds grounded. I also added some more electrical tape to cover up the exposed wires to make it look more professional. http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...55349/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/58841400@N06/...66840/lightbox/ Hope that was what you were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 That does help a little but I'm not using the G5's enclosure. I plan on doing it like Zoran did. I think if I use one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/1x-Power-Inlet-IEC-Soc...=item4aa713f063 cut the plug off a psu cable and wire it to the item I linked to it should work fine. Can anyone verify this. As far as yours goes I think you can connect the two grounds together as long as the ground of your gutted psu is intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 sorry snackole, I don't have experience with that. hey guys how do you securely attach the dvd drive to the tray it rests on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 This is a pic of the mounting screws. Then the two latches lock it in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grady.lynch Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share Posted February 6, 2011 This is a pic of the mounting screws. Then the two latches lock it in place. Where did you get the mounting screws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 From the original drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Bogunovic Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 That does help a little but I'm not using the G5's enclosure. I plan on doing it like Zoran did. I think if I use one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/1x-Power-Inlet-IEC-Soc...=item4aa713f063 cut the plug off a psu cable and wire it to the item I linked to it should work fine. Can anyone verify this. As far as yours goes I think you can connect the two grounds together as long as the ground of your gutted psu is intact. More or less that's the component I used and from there I simply cut the end off an angled IEC lead... my earth, active and neutral wires are all soldered to the three pins... since Earth is common I used the screw threads as a means of grounding the chassis (verified continuity); Example: this is an old shot but you can see that there's thumb screws, these act as my earth conductors... if you're going to use this method please be sure to do a continuity test. I initally made a small IEC link cable which goes from the PSU to the chassis which I had to shorten recently due to size of the new PSU Example: Old IEC New IEC can't even be seen! and uses only 2cm of wire per pin due to space restriction as I'm very close to the chassis (pic is a special upload for you ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snackole Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Thank you very much Zoran. That was really helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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