cringemaster Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Well I don't know if anyone remembers, but I was asking a bunch of questions about putting some generic pc parts into an older mac. If my budget allowed, I'd be out buying a bunch of stuff off newegg and building a really nice hack out of it, but since its not, I tore apart an IBM ThinkCentre at school with 256 mb of ram and a 1.2 Ghz (I think) Intel Celeron until I can grab some better parts. Sadly because of size constraints, I'll end up cutting up the old pizza-box case to allow for clearance for the CPU and PSU fans. As soon as I can figure out why the video card wont boot Ubuntu properly, I'll use it as a server and to learn a little bit about linux. EDIT: Maybe if it has SSE2 I can try installing tiger on it EDIT2: no SSE2 sadly... I've been working on it on and off at school since thursday. Heres to turning a really sluggish 66 mhz brick into a somewhat slow intel box. I'll bring some pics home tomorrow as I start to finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Heres those pics. Top view, note the polycarbonate window (used to patch an old hole, cut back into for PSU fan clearance) A closer look at my handiwork with a CNC milling machine Nicely stuffed in there, zip-ties are a amazing. Zip ties even hold in the motherboard. Its officially an Intel Celeron 1.3 Ghz with 256 mb of ram. XP FLP runs pretty slick, I cant imagine how Ubuntu will. Hard drive is a 40 GB IBM deskstar, optical drive is a Lite-On DVD-ROM/CD-RW, more than enough, and small too. Ah, the memories... THe I/O is kind of messy, but its solid and works well enough. I couldn't rig up the old power button, and I didn't need a floppy drive. PSU fit pretty cleanly, but had to cut away some plastic for that metal tab I bent back. A working power light. That was fun soldering. Its not a crazy cool mod like some other people here have done with G4 and G5 cases, but I like it for its dated, yet simple and timeless styling. Its also incredibly quiet and runs pretty cool. Besides, I have a fetish for low-profile cases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Woah dude...good job! Keep up the good work! By the way, do all the ports work on the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Woah dude...good job! Keep up the good work! By the way, do all the ports work on the back? Thanks. Yeah, everything works, even though the plate is bent. I had to bend the bottom of it where the metal flange is so that it would slid under the bottom of the case. The motherboard is screwed down onto a .21" thick sheet of acrylic and the acrylic is zip tied in two spots and pulls it towards the inside of the case. I do have to make a new back plate, so I'm waiting for some new materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 a mac that cannot run mac good job ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Damn. Now I wish I'd kept my extra 6100s. I still have one left, but I don't think I could cut it up. Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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