![]() These magnets are from the screen of Old White Macbooks. Leaving the latch in place means that you have to cut around it when installing the ATX backplane which means more work and the Job looks less seamless, So off to my Magnet stash I go to find some suitable for this Job. Use magnets on all of the Mods cos i'm crazy like that). Unlike most G5 conversions I don't really want to use the built in latch for holding on the side panel so I have come up with an alternative solution using magnets (PS yes I i also have to literally rip the Heat sink out because i did not have a really really long torx screw driver that was really thing (2 screw under the HS needed a 20cm long Torx Screw driver that is less than 5mm wide for the full length). It took quiet a while to undo all of the torx screws holding the hardware in and figuring out how to remove the top shelf took a while (about 8 months cos I Rage quit for a while and then about 3 weeks before my parents were due to leave I spent 5 minutes on Google and figured it out LOL). The case has been cleansed of the Old Maccy Badness. ![]() I should ahve taken more Photos before i started to Mod the case but its too late now. I managed to score this case for free from Work however it is a bit beat up so it will never look perfect, Free is free so I cant complain. ![]() My parents are too IT inept to change from PC to Mac. Having a Mac will make you fit in in Melbourne Below are my assumptions that lead to this Mod. ![]() ![]() Shortly my parents are moving to Melbourne and given my assumptions about Melbourne I have decided to convert an old Power Mac G5 to an ATX case. ![]()
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