Ersterhernd's NUCiMac G4

[iCubeFan]

Build Log 4 - Power Supplies

Cabling to the internal Power Brick is wired through the stock G4 plug via the stock G4 2-pin PSU power connector. The earth wire fastens to the case with one screw. Connect/Disconnect takes about 20 seconds.

Ersterhernd

Hi Ersterhernd!

Quick question for you.

How do you connect the stock G4 2-pin PSU power connector to the NUC power brick?

Cheers

 

[ersterhernd]

Hi iCubeFan,

As you know, The NUC uses a 'Mickey Mouse' style cord (on this one I had to buy separately) and I cut it to about 12" length. Stripped the three wires off and soldered two of them. The cord had blue & brown which mated up to the G4 pigtail, and a green/yellow which I crimped on a circle connector and bolted to the faraday cage.

Wrapped the soldered joints with electrical tape too.


Ersterhernd

 

[iCubeFan]

Hi iCubeFan,

As you know, The NUC uses a 'Mickey Mouse' style cord (this one I has to buy separately) and I cut it to about 12" length. Stripped the three wires off and soldered two of them. The cord had blue & a brown which mated up to the G4 pigtail, and a green/yellow which I crimped on a circle connector and bolted to the faraday cage.

Wrapped the soldered joints with electrical tape too.


Ersterhernd

Thanks for your quick reply!

iCubeFan

 

[ersterhernd]

Sometimes its great to be in the 'right place at the right time'. I was the first responder to this local Craigslist ad a couple of days ago, within 10 minutes of it's posting in the 'FREE' section.

As it turned out, the vendor lived about 5 minutes from our place, and contacted me back stating I was first of fifteen replies to the ad, and could come and pick it up if I wanted. Even though it was non-working, I figured perhaps it'll make a nice moddiing project someday. ( Perhaps I'll let Kiwi pave the road to success with his G5 first! )

Got it home, and sure enough, the LCD didn't show an image, but the system was booting to OSX because the sleep function started when I pressed the power button after booted. I thought, hmmmm maybe a simple PRAM reset will fix it? Much to my surprise, it did. The system hasn't a mark on it, and I've updated it 10.4 to 10.5.8 flawlessly. Its been running for 3 days now without a glitch.

Cost? ZERO.


Some things you simply cannot argue with...


Cheers!

 

[MacTester57]

Hihi! I knew, that your new project would be an iMac G4 ++, I saw it in my crystal ball.

Good luck!

Cheers!

MacTester

BTW: My Picaxe model railroad controller has now an IR receiver, which allows to control the trains with my Sony CD-player remote. This function could be interesting for a hackintosh...

 

[ersterhernd]

LoL I doubt I'll actually mod it, as it's good enough for basic use as-is.

Then again, you never know...

 

[kiwisincebirth]

Good purchase, which model did you get? 17 or 20", and does it have the built in iSight camera?

 

[ersterhernd]

It's the 17" iSight model, Kiwi. A+++ condition. Dead pixel test came up clean, too.

I'll be watching your thread closely, just so you know.


Cheers!

 

[kiwisincebirth]

I am not sure how much use my build will be to you, the iSight model you have is a significant redesign from the one I have. The iSight model changed to front acess, meaning you have to remove the LCD first to get access to the components underneath.

 

[ersterhernd]

You're right, that would be much different and more difficult to work with.

It's really not bad the way it is anyway, for being the age it is.