The Problem is, that because I dont have a second pc, i was so eager to have my source of addiction back in my life, i took zero pictures of the normal build process. To check if I killed it, I just used my "testbench".
POWER MAC G5 CONVERSION TO INTEL PROFESSIONAL
My cpu isnt the newest anymore, that means there is no warranty to be voided, so lets chop the head of with some cheap chinese tool and apply some liquid metal ( dont worry about the professional sketch in the background ). That is all I can do without the real parts in it. The Firewire Port just sits there without a purpose in life. The USB 2.0 Port was repleced with a USB 3.0 Port and some epoxy. I can just swap them, since they are not modded at all.įor front io, i used the existing plug, cut of the wires and soldered the on/off switch, the power LED and the headphonejack to some longer cable i harvested out of an older case. In the end, if i dont like the look of them anymore and I have the time.
Now it was time for painting, as i am always short on money, its ghetto rigging time again.Įverything was sanded and properly prepped.Īfter redoing the main two parts were the evenness of the paint matters the most, I am still not 100% satisfied, but it is good enough for the time being. To really blend both parts together, I used some filler and smoothed it all out. (The original plug was used and soldered to a short extension to connect to the PSU and act as a passthrough) The original cutout for the powercord was taken and placed with some epoxy. I though I was set up pretty good from the inside, thats when i started drilling some holes. The HDD Cage was not in the final orientation though. So i rigged a "nice" solution out of spare aluminium that was left over from cutting, which in the end would also be used as a SSD mounting option.Īnd a HDD cage holder was also the result of rigging stuff with aluminium left overs. I wanted to have my PSU securely mounted (not like some other people ). It would have been possible to make it without the need to weld, but then I would have had to get a taller sheet of Aluminium, which was out of the question. The radiator braked in the front still needed some tabs to secure it to the Motherboard-tray, so I welded some on to it. Since I only have metric thread cutting tools at home, i use the standoff it self to cut the threads. I found some spare old parts to use for test fitting in my creation. Now it was actually looking really promising. In the final version, there is a bridge in the coutout in the top right. The motherbaord-tray still needed some holes so i could bolt it to the original standoffs, cutouts for cables to go through and to safe some weight, of course. So I adapted my CAD file to the changes and redid the backplate.Īfter cutting that again, it was time to mill the edges to fit flush with the original backplate, again.Īnd getting the PCI-slotbracket in place with epoxy, again. The cutout for the fans in the back of the case needed to be a fear mm to the right. Turns out, it didnt fit (Spoiler, the final version isn't fitting perfectly either)
Templates were printed and Aluminium was cut ( buy Hand/Jigsaw. While I waited for the Aluminium sheets to arrive, the design for motherboard-tray and rear io plate was going great. I got strayed into the teardown, i found a leaking Liquidcooler-Unit and some parts with water damage.Īfter everything got unscrewed and taken out of the case, it was time to take mesurements. Since the guy I bought the G5 from sad that it didnt turn on, I didnt even try. Just because I saw this Linus guy and the LTT-Team build their HackPro. About two month back, I purchased an old cheap Apple Power Mac G5. Separate Picaxe controller for screen backlights control via touch sensorsĪlso have a look at my other Hackintosh videos.Picaxe controlled PSU, Apple Chime, PWM system fan, "breathing" sleep LED.Internal PSU (NUC PSU and Pico PSU for 12V, 5V, 3.3V).
POWER MAC G5 CONVERSION TO INTEL PRO
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