#WHAT TO DO WITH OLD APPLE G5 CASE INSTALL#
#WHAT TO DO WITH OLD APPLE G5 CASE MOD#

HDD Mounting: Any reason why you didn't re-use the apple HDD mounting frame, not that its technically needed, but keeping it doesn't add any time to the build does it?.

Not wanting to add considerably too much, this is meant to be minimum build after-all, would you consider he following improvements to the build. Love the work as always, one day is impressive. USB 3 ports (not tested at USB 3 speeds)

#WHAT TO DO WITH OLD APPLE G5 CASE INSTALL#

Kexts & Enablers/FakeSMC/HW Monitor ApplicationР В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В©) Install Software: GeekBench, Temperature Monitor, TextWrangler, Carbon Copy Cloner Kexts & Enablers/FakeSMC/Motherboard Plugins Kexts & Enablers/Audio/Realtek ALC8xx/Non_DSDT HDA Enabler/ALC887-888b Kexts & Enablers/Network/Realtek Gigabit Ethernet 2.0.6 for 10.7 (This was the default)Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В¤) Insert the USB stick into PC and Boot and Install onto PC (this is detailed in step 1 instructions)Р В РІР‚СњР СћРЎвЂ™) Do a Software Update to latest version (10.7.5) ** for some reason, the Ethernet jack is working! **Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В¦) Reboot the USB stick, and choose to boot into the Lion Installation.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В§) Use MultiBeast 4.6.1 to install the following This provides support in Lion 10.7.4 for Ivy Bridge ProcessorsР В РІР‚СњР В РІвЂљВ¬) Enter PC Bios and Load Defaults and ensure SATA mode is set to AHCIР В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В®nsure High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is enabled. Feel free to ask questions, leave comments, etc.Р В РІР‚СњР В Р вЂ№) Used 'Install Max OS X Lion.app' v 10.7.4 and built a UniBeast USB Installer on a 16GB USB Flash DriveР В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В«uilding the UniBeast installer took 12 minutes.Р В РІР‚СњР РЋРЎвЂє) Download BridgeHelper5 and Install onto USB Flash Drive.

People love pictures, so I will spare the dialog. Corsair Front Panel Kit (had laying around for projects just like this) Corsair VX550W (bought on sale a while ago) LG 24X SATA DVD Writer (bought on sale a while ago for $9) 500GB Hard Drive (was in the G5, originally) Gigabyte Radeon GTX 520 (stole from Eerie Blue Glow.Eerie now runs Mountain Lion and HD 4000 graphics) 2x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3-1600 XMP Dual Channel RAM (bought new for this build) GigaByte GA-B75M-D3H motherboard (bought new for this build) Intel Core i3-2120 Dual Core LGA1155 3.3Ghz Sandy Bridge (had lying around) Also, I had a bunch of 'spare parts' lying around that I wanted to put to good use.

#WHAT TO DO WITH OLD APPLE G5 CASE MOD#

This case mod was completed in one day, once I had obtained all the parts. This mod explores the simple end of the spectrum. The spectrum of difficulty for a G5 case mod is very broad ranging from water-cooled, powder-coated, and tricked-out to something simple. I wanted to explore the idea of a simple G5 case mod. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide

What to do with old apple g5 case