Frankylan said:useful template for G4-modders but it comes one year to late for me.
minihack said:Frankylan said:useful template for G4-modders but it comes one year to late for me.
Hah, not necessarily as you can just take off the old and put on the new....and get those audio ports back.
Nice job though, looks good and I really like your water cooling job on it too.
enethunter said:You mentioned ATX and mATX in this thread, does that mean that it's possible to use a full-size ATX motherboard inside a G4 case? I have a quicksilver that is set up with a mATX board in there right now but i'm probably going to buy a core i5 this week and it'd be awesome if you can use both ATX and mATX.
And one question for others who have successful mods: Can you guys use the original apple power-LED? I've soldered the connections on my front panel successfully and can use the power button fine, and the wires going to the LED are carrying a charge, but when I plug them into my motherboard it provides power but my computer switches on and then off, almost like a short of some kind - and the power button is no longer functional.
enethunter said:For the Quicksilver I have just modded one of these switch boards and yes, you can use the diode without having to do a full hot wire to it but I recommend you lever off the integrated circuit from the board as it gets power from the same cable pin as the LED + side is connected to. You also then just need to make a short circuit between the other side of the LED and the ground connection. Also you need to do a small mod to the power switch side as there is not a "direct" connection to it through the switch board. I'll post pic.s and a full explanation on a clean thread....others have also done this mod before using a full hot wire method, but the way I did it just needs one wire added to the switch board.
So right now I have a functional power button on that board with the power connectors soldered directly to the switch labeled "S1".
I have the positive and negative power LED cables soldered to the LED's pins on the bottom of the PCB but whenever I plug the cables into my mobo it won't turn on. So what do I need to remove/modify on the PCB to prevent the glitch here. I appreciate you saying you'll post a guide, that would be awesome.
Well get on it!!!the_gael said:Oh oh!!You guys are inspiring me again - built my G5 Hac last summer - now I am thinking my old G4 Quicksilver may get done this summer
Thanks.dddirtman said:i like this template I'm gonna redo my g4...
or just build a new one.