Grooby97 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 so I have an old G5 iMac with a fried main board. It's going to cost me $800+ to repair the box so that is not going to happen. I was wondering has anyone successfully mod the box to put an intel board in there somehow and run OSX86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The iMan Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 why not try to mod it to make it a real intel imac you can find a logic board for around 200 i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 you might be able to do that with a mini or micro atx motherboard, but hooking up the built in lcd could be a challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 There is someone thats makes the little things so you can hook up LCD displays but i think I lost the link. I'll see if i can find the place again. I would go with the Mini-itx type boards . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple apple Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Sounds great. If this guy could do it with a g3 imac http://homepage.mac.com/andywright153/PhotoAlbum29.html I'm sure you could do it with an emac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespottedelf Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 its a g5 imac but w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Wow, quite a challenge, but if you can pull it off at least you can salvage the screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nano2nd Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I would have thought that, in terms of form factor, you'd be better off canibalising a laptop. Not sure how you'd fit regular PC components inside the iMac case. Without even getting to the obvious stuff like PSU, HDD, GFX, you'd find it a challenge to accomodate RAM that rises 1 inch higher than the motherboard. I'd look on ebay for any recent build laptops sold for spares because of a faulty screen. Not sure about how you'd connect the iMac screen though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 well, the imac is built with laptop chipsets and stuff anyway, so you'd pretty much HAVE to use laptop components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 To put it nice and simple. No. Go spend that money on like a new mini or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nano2nd Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 To put it nice and simple. No. Go spend that money on like a new mini or something. With most mod jobs, the question is whether it is about the journey or the destination. The challenge of getting it together often far outweighs the actual benefits of the end result. If you're doing this just to see if you can, the fine, carry on! Otherwise, I agree with the Colonel - you'll make so many compromises in terms of performance, cooling, functionality that you may have been better off getting a Mac Mini - or building a custom Hackintosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I think you could do it, but it would be a {censored} to. You would have to have a mobo that sits in the case like a G5 logic board, if you don't you would need a custom hsf to blow air out of where the Imac G5 case has air holes. As well as the monitor. How would you hook it up? I'm sure that's no ordinary monitor port. The guy with the G3 Imac case did it, but he also used a different screen than the one that came with the G3 case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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