Recent content by MacEnthousiast

When you remove the plastic I/O, you should have plenty of space left.

Can’t wait to see your project Zach!

I’ve tried to get the original powerbutton working with a new converterboard. Even tried some other touch buttons, but with no luck. So, I decided to create a button in the bottomplate. I’ve used only components from the Mac Mini.

Very nicely done @darkcruix ! At the moment, I also have the original Mac Mini switch hanging underneath to turn the it on. But I suspect my converterboard is broken, so I'm ordering another one to make sure. I'm also testing other capacitative switches to find one that works.

If I remember correctly, the sensor wasn’t working outside the cube. So I guess it should be grounded.

I've connected the wires from the switch to the new connector this way: 1 => 5V+ from AC/DC module 3 => 5V- from AC/DC module 4 => 1 on converter board 5 => 6 on converter board Not really sure if 3 is necessary

I've put the file and the components I've used in the post. The heatsink is not in use anymore. But you don't need to with the M1 chip. I kept the original Mac Mini fan to cool it. I meant an USB 3.0 cable, not USB-C. I've put links to the product and pin layout of the Mac Mini 2018 in my...

@reipet: I've just created this build guide from video and pictures I made along the way: https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/mac-mini-m1-cube.316305/ I'll try to upload the video of the assembly as well in there!

Last year I got more and more interested in old Mac’s (again) and started searching the web. First, I bought an iMac G4 to put in my home office. I had to work from home, so I wanted something beautiful in there. Then I started looking at the Cube. They’re very hard to come by in The...

I created an Apple G4 Cube M1 by putting a Mac Mini M1 inside the Cube. Just finished it and only need to design a new I/O panel. I disassembled my Mac Mini and put it inside the Cube piece by piece. Only had to cut out the original I/O panel and drilled 5 small holes in the original frame to...

-- EDITED -- I got it wrong, my previous solution seemed to be working, but wasn't. So I had to come up with a new solution to get 5V to the switch. But now it works and I got a G4 Cube M1 :thumbup: The G4 Cube switch is now working on my Mac Mini M1. In order to get this working, I ordered...

After reading and checking a lot of the G4 case mods on this forum, I also started my own build. My plan is, just like mryner4, to put a Mac Mini M1 in a G4 Cube case. I want to reuse the original powerbutton. I've ordered one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RWRK4WX/?tag=tonymacx86com-20...