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- Ryzen 3700x
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- RX 580
You mentioned that your G5 case is 'late 2005'. How did you manage to get Alohacab's cable to work? He claims that his cable will only work with 2004 and early 2005 cases. He says that Apple changed the front panel thing for the late '05 edition.
I ordered a 2004 Front Panel PCB off eBay. It swapped over very easily. Correct, his cables will not work with the late 2005 front panel, as there are no pins to plug it into on that model of PCB.
How did you mount the rear fan assembly to the front of the case? Any drilling of holes involved?
The rear fan assembly is so well suited to these mods and looks so nice that I didn't want to simply throw it away. The assembly itself is mounted (with 8-32 bolts) to a piece of aluminum angle bar. This piece of angle bar is then bolted to a piece of 3/4" x 3/4" aluminum bar that is drilled and threaded. The 3/4" bar is JB Welded to the case wall.
I've attached a couple of pics at bottom of this post to illustrate basically how I did it.
Where did you get your G5 cases? They look really clean. I'm completely jealous.
The 04 was a naked case off eBay. The late 05 was a complete working G5 off Craigslist. I would never buy an empty case again, the hassle and expense of obtaining all the necessary screws and missing parts just isn't worth it. Buying a complete G5 was definitely the better option, by a long shot. In the end, it was cheaper too. Couple of pics of the late 2005 right when I got it home. There wasn't a mark on it, I couldn't believe I got one in such great condition.
Ersterhernd
(Attached Pics of the Front Fan mounting)