Apple mac g5 tower, any suggestions?

lrlcr · 21 Jun 2011 at 15:02

My housemate had one of the more recent ones and he decided it was totally dead so built a hackintosh in it!

Si105 · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:03

Send it me, i'll cover delivery :3

Feek · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:14

Install a Mac Mini in it

ng93 · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:16

Do this

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18126030&highlight=project+gattaca

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18194230

BringTheRain · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:32

ng93 said:
Do this

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18126030&highlight=project+gattaca

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18194230

Both are cool, but a bit boring

Logsi · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:36

Would have been worth trying to boot it to see if it was working.

I have a FUBAR PowerMac Dual 2.0Ghz G5 and the PSU or Logic board has gone.

I'm very tempted to gut it and put PC innards in it and do the naughty. Such a lovely case but also the way Apple designed these machines is a work of art.

BringTheRain · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:40

It is empty of components now. EVERYTHING was ripped out!

just cba with it, or spending money trying to get it to work.

Logsi · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:52

Spurred me on to look at components and the like now. Hmmmm....

BringTheRain · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:56

Logsi said:
Would have been worth trying to boot it to see if it was working.

I have a FUBAR PowerMac Dual 2.0Ghz G5 and the PSU or Logic board has gone.

I'm very tempted to gut it and put PC innards in it and do the naughty. Such a lovely case but also the way Apple designed these machines is a work of art.

Ugh, you could have had all the bits from it just to test.

The PSU is HUGE!!!!

TBH thinking about it, the customer who i got it from probably wouldn't lob it out if it wasn't serious.

But i dont need another computer at all, and i want todo something fun with it.

I am thinking fish tank tbh

pingwing · 21 Jun 2011 at 22:52

Fish tank fish tank fish tank!

Well you've reminded me of my project that got side tracked with lack of time

The cases are really really nice, just a pain to get into bits...

Actually odd question but would you mind trying to get one or two bits out in-tacked for my one?? My plastic case lock runner bit got very ruined by me and it'd be nice not to try and get it back together with a bodge job...

BringTheRain · 21 Jun 2011 at 23:44

pingwing said:
Fish tank fish tank fish tank!

Well you've reminded me of my project that got side tracked with lack of time

The cases are really really nice, just a pain to get into bits...

Actually odd question but would you mind trying to get one or two bits out in-tacked for my one?? My plastic case lock runner bit got very ruined by me and it'd be nice not to try and get it back together with a bodge job...

What the little latch thing on the back?

pingwing · 22 Jun 2011 at 00:33

BringTheRain said:
What the little latch thing on the back?

Nah the plastic runner thing it attaches to inside the case (only if its not in the plans for what you want to do). Mine got snapped a couple of times getting it off so I cant get the side to lock back on (that and iv not bent the bottom foot bit back into shape)