He stacked a pair of them for a two-level system, then placed casters on the bottom unit and a glass top above the upper drawer, with the G5’s multiple handles and legs serving as a convenient facility for pulling the drawers around. Considering he didn’t even bother painting the cases, choosing to keep them in the original neutral silver color, that’s quite an impressive feat.Īside from the bench, Klaus also constructed a rolling storage unit that converts the G5’s aluminum chassis into spacious drawers. Hello My PowerMacs (G5 Dual 1.8GHz procs) fans seem to run at a solid 4k rpms regardless of what Im doing, even with CPU usage set to low. The wood is sized and sanded to fit snug in the gap between the chassis handles, making the whole thing appear like a seamless, unified design, rather than a simple retrofit. Im going to be utilizing a Mountain Mods ATX motherboard tray (fully compatible with the micro ATX QUO) to actually get the components into the case.
In most cases, you do not need to install the software that came with the device. Ive ordered a gutted (except for fans and DVD drive) G5 case and have decided to go with the 'easy' route, on advice from a knowledgable friend: The hackintosh friendly Z77MX-QUO-AOS mobo.
Consists of a custom metal base plate and mounting bracket, mounting screws, three internal SATA data cables, and a custom-designed 3-drive. Apple has already included software to work with many USB devices.
The main piece in Benchmarc is a wooden bench that uses two Power Mac G5s on either end as legs. How to install hard drives in the Power Mac G5 and how to install more hard drives in the Power Mac G5 beyond the officially supported number with an SATA solution. See this Apple Knowledge Base document for more details. So instead of having them sitting in an attic like a tech version of a hoarder, he turned them into Benchmarc, a growing collection of furniture built out of the world’s first 64-bit desktop rig. In this case, you should still be able to start from a CD, but you will likely need to replace. Unscrew 2 screws holding plastic 'divider' where fan sits at back of case. Pull fan to left and out, rubber pins will probably break so have replacements available. Unplug old fan at back of case-follow wire down thru hole under where hard drive sits.
Apparently, Klaus Geiger loved them so much that when it came time to retire the computers, he couldn’t. First remove hard drive and optical drive. When it comes to your run-of-the-mill desktop tower for business, few can claim they looked better than the body on the Apple Power Mac G5. There have been a lot of awesome computer cases that came out over the years, from PC boxes that look like kitchen appliances to animal-shaped cases to entire desks that serve as a computer chassis.