I recently completed the conversion of an old Sawtooth G4 Powermac from dead, oversize paperweight to living usable machine (and Hackintosh experiment). The parts involved were:
- Powermac G4 - deceased (PSU failure, the other bits sold to a fellow enthusiast)
- ECS 945GZT-M Motherboard
- Intel E4300 Core2 Duo Processor
- Asus Geforce 7300 GT
- 1GB DDR2 RAM + 160GB SATA II HDD
Along the way I had to improvise as well and required a few other bits to make things fit:
- Zalman CNPS8000 low profile CPU cooler
- Pioneer DVR-K05 slimline optical drive
The project was divided into two distinct sections - the first being the hardest and the second a breeze. At several points I considered skipping part one entirely and buying a nice, simple micro ATX case. But no, it had to be the Powermac case!
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Note - there is nothing groundbreaking here - I'm standing on the shoulders of giants. Look at the links below for previous and better executed examples of this particular exercise.
Much credit goes to the following sites and hardware hackers whose guides I pretty much followed verbatim:
- Ritalin's Hackintosh in G4 case
- Aquamac's Winmac PC
- RedDrag0n's PC in a Mac Case
You guys rule!
