- Joined
- Aug 12, 2012
- Messages
- 40
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte H77M D3H
- CPU
- i5 3450
- Graphics
- GTX 560 (nonti)
- Mobile Phone
hey guys,
so here is my G5 Casemod. About a year i had the idea to install osx on my PC. 4 weeks ago i finally bought my new PC and assembled it together. OSX 10.8.2 is running smooth on my system.
My System:
Apple OS X Mountain Lion 1.8.2
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-...512?ls=1&mt=12
MB:
Gigabyte Ga H77M D3H (mATX cause of casemodding a G5)
CPU:
Intel Core i5 3450
GPU:
Gainward GTX 560 (nonti) (natively supported !! no extra kexts !)
RAM:
Kingston Value Ram 16GB 1333MHz (4x4 GB)
CD/DVD:
cheap Samsung CD/DVD burner
PSU:
Cougar 450W
Already Owned:
HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
Monitor:
Acer 22" TFT LCD
Mouse + Keyboard:
Logitech Mouse + Apple Keyboard
at the same time i bought an old power mac G5 case on ebay. it was broken (cpu). i read a lot here about casemodding a G5 and where the difficulties are. I decided to go the hard way and let this beautiful case his clean look that meant i had do solder a lot with ab bit of cutting and gluing. For the additional cables for USB, Audio and Ethernet i used my old case. it had plenty of it
this is what i am modding
and this is the case after cleaning it out some parts were hard to remove !
"unboxed" the PSU
this is where you have to solder the audio out cables
and this is the soldering position for the 2 USB ports
the soldering station i used
prepaired cables
audio and Usb soldering points
thats where the problems startet. audio is bit too quiet... i guess its the soldering. i didnt do it right. the USB ports dont work at all. but a big goal was that ethernet worked 100%. i have 32.000er DSL and the tested speed through the soldered Ethernet was 29.000er and upload 1000.
i also costumized the PSU i was fitting into the Mac's PSU case. I cut the PSU jack and reused it for my PC PSU. works just fine !
aaand then testing the soldered PSU with my old Core 2 Duo and my 9600 GT. i also rewired the apple original PSU fans (carefull: they are loud) just solder the black cable to the red wire of the connecter and black to red connector cable. they are cooling the PSU quiet good
at least i soldered the front I/O cables after a scetch i found here on tonymac. just cant find it right now. problem was that the cablenumbers on the sketch were different to mine. but i just had to change 2 pins and the power button and the LED worked.
this is the "final" prototype of my running system. i tested all components and they work. now i have to build in HDD cage, dvd drive and my (hopefully) better soldered rear panel I/O.
so here is my G5 Casemod. About a year i had the idea to install osx on my PC. 4 weeks ago i finally bought my new PC and assembled it together. OSX 10.8.2 is running smooth on my system.
My System:
Apple OS X Mountain Lion 1.8.2
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-...512?ls=1&mt=12
MB:
Gigabyte Ga H77M D3H (mATX cause of casemodding a G5)
CPU:
Intel Core i5 3450
GPU:
Gainward GTX 560 (nonti) (natively supported !! no extra kexts !)
RAM:
Kingston Value Ram 16GB 1333MHz (4x4 GB)
CD/DVD:
cheap Samsung CD/DVD burner
PSU:
Cougar 450W
Already Owned:
HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 250 GB
Monitor:
Acer 22" TFT LCD
Mouse + Keyboard:
Logitech Mouse + Apple Keyboard
at the same time i bought an old power mac G5 case on ebay. it was broken (cpu). i read a lot here about casemodding a G5 and where the difficulties are. I decided to go the hard way and let this beautiful case his clean look that meant i had do solder a lot with ab bit of cutting and gluing. For the additional cables for USB, Audio and Ethernet i used my old case. it had plenty of it
this is what i am modding
and this is the case after cleaning it out some parts were hard to remove !
"unboxed" the PSU
this is where you have to solder the audio out cables
and this is the soldering position for the 2 USB ports
the soldering station i used
prepaired cables
audio and Usb soldering points
thats where the problems startet. audio is bit too quiet... i guess its the soldering. i didnt do it right. the USB ports dont work at all. but a big goal was that ethernet worked 100%. i have 32.000er DSL and the tested speed through the soldered Ethernet was 29.000er and upload 1000.
i also costumized the PSU i was fitting into the Mac's PSU case. I cut the PSU jack and reused it for my PC PSU. works just fine !
aaand then testing the soldered PSU with my old Core 2 Duo and my 9600 GT. i also rewired the apple original PSU fans (carefull: they are loud) just solder the black cable to the red wire of the connecter and black to red connector cable. they are cooling the PSU quiet good
at least i soldered the front I/O cables after a scetch i found here on tonymac. just cant find it right now. problem was that the cablenumbers on the sketch were different to mine. but i just had to change 2 pins and the power button and the LED worked.
this is the "final" prototype of my running system. i tested all components and they work. now i have to build in HDD cage, dvd drive and my (hopefully) better soldered rear panel I/O.