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Macintosh Classic II - 9,7” conversion-

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Jginyue B52 ITX
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HD 4600
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Hello all,
I am new here, but looking on and off at this forum for the latest hackintosh developments...
Back in 2017 I found my Classic II dead in the attic. No sound, picture, nothing .... a bit sad, as I original bought it, I believe in 1993 and found good use for many years...so now considering the Hackintosh option.....
Taking out the internals back in 2018 and looking for screen options. Never succeeded to my satisfaction. Altough i tried to fit a 8” lcd, to me that was not very promissing. At some point I found a small 9,7 screen, but the Classic II bezel was obvious - too small- Time is precious and the project halted.
Anyhow, recently I took the plunge and flattened out the bezel from the inside. I am still a few mm short in width but at least under Windows it is no problem.
( enlarging the screenspace even more is possible, but may cause a esthetic issue)
The now smaller bezel is very acceptable to my opignion, and now after a few weeks on my desk, i am glad I tried
For the Hackintosh conversion I got a china ITX - B52 from JGINYUE.
Just as a mediacenter and experimental

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More next, if you are interrested....
Please do let me know what you think...

Greetings from the Netherlands,
Chris.
 

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Yesterday afternoon this MB arrived. I noticed that Icrap (now luki)
already did the research giving me a flying start for my first Hackintosh.
Thanks again!
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Here is the board and processor...
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The back of the display.
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My idea is to have the MB vertical behind the display, connectors downward....and use the space underneath for cables.
(Cut out the bottom for easy access.)
Next to that, bigger graphics cards could find maximum space to the highest point next to the carry handle of the enclosure cover. Some templates I will create to see and check this option.....
 
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My idea is to have the MB vertical behind the display, connectors downward....and use the space underneath for cables.
(cut out the bottom for easy access)
I am not sure how that will look with a bunch of cables coming out the front under the display. Have a look at my thread for making my own rear plate.
My back plate
from this thread
 
Hi, thanks for your concern!
The shield would be more to the back of the case. No cables going out in the front....
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(bottom view)

I just made a quick drawing, cut it out and pasted in position- and see for myself how this works. Using the original frame mount (cut out entirely) would leave about 60-65mm between bottom and shield for the connectors and cabeling. As a result, I would get max 240-250mm to the top of the case for a graphics card. Sadly, no such card to trial fit, but I will make preparations for that anyhow. Maybe needed later. :) .....
Your back shield looks really nice and the best way out for further external connections.
First things first, get te display and mainboard decently fixed in position....
 
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Progress in CAD...
first sketches.....mainboard, graphics card & PSU. Cutting these templates out and trialfit, then see where to correct...
 
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Playing with graphics setting of my lenovo mini (daily driver) I found the option to make the viewable space a bit smaller. This is called underscan then?
(Providing a small black border)
Just wondering, would this (Intel) function also be available in the Apple OS?
Can anyone here shine a light on this?
Much appreciated!
 
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So I guess this option under osx is not availailable.....since the bezel overlap to the screen in this build is very small. I will minimize the radius in the corner as far as possible. The outside contours I leave it this way for now. Later modification is always a possibility ;-)

Many thanks to Ragev!
 
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I am not sure I would discount the option in macOS. I think I have seen it before, but it depends on the display. I believe it is an option on most "television" type displays. They may have the overscan option or actual pixels. I think this is only available on HDMI inputs though. It does warrant further exploration, so get that hackintoshed and find out.
 
Thanks for your input!
Normally I would not bother too much about these things,...but with this bezel/display there is only one chance to ruin or succeed on this ITX enclosure.

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The MB is working, so far. I have to see how to get moving on the OS. Still there is a lot to read here, just to get moving.

All have a great weekend Hackintoshing
 
Good to know! Great!

Also for other future conversions ....
This means that the size of the bezel can be a bit less enlarged and then scale the viewport to needed or wished dimensions.
Then any 9,7” screen with HDMI can be made to fit and the bezel can be adjusted to personal preferences.

Will try this functionality out later on.
 
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