neil43 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 LOL - Another custom case that I completed in late April. Introduction:This case was intended to be a “just for fun” quick project to re-house my thin Haswell motherboard.The LOL case is a scratch build made up from G5 Power Mac materials from my salvage bin.As this was intended to be a “zero dollar” build, I used the following components that I already owned.Motherboard - ECS H87H3-TI, source AmazonCPU - i7-4770T (45 watt version), source ACME Micro SystemsMemory - Patroit DDR3 SODIM (2x4GB) 1333MHz, source Fry’s ElectronicsmSATA - mushkin MKNSSDAT 120GB-V, source AmazonHDD - Toshiba SATA 1TB 9mm tall, - owned from an early USB3.0 external drive.CPU Cooler - SilverStone AR04, source Amazon. And then I moved to using an i3-4330 CPU and updated to 10.9.2. With this hack, I went back to the i7-4770T CPU and found that I had to add “dart=0” boot flag to the org.chameleon.Boot.plist.Construction details:As seen here the G5 mesh was repurposed by selectively reassembling bits to make up the core panel. Nothing really new here. Just takes time and patience to get the hole pattern aligned (x, y, and z directions). It is hard to see here, I used clear food wrap sandwiched between the parts to be epoxied and the alignment pieces. I masked off all but the row of holes (actually the land area around the holes) control where the epoxy is to be placed. Then with the masking removed after the epoxy cures. I used JB Weld for this. This is after sanding away the excess cured epoxy. I have trimmed the edges and epoxied in some stiffener strips on the inside. I used may 10” table saw with an 80 tooth blade to rip the handles from a G5 outer shell. Then cut to size seen here. This was the test “glue up” where I used quick set Loctite epoxy to put the parts together to evaluate the concept… a go or no go decision point. I decided it was worth while to proceed. And after a lot of work this is core cover. I then used JB Weld to epoxy the handle part to the core part to form the major portion of the case. The thin motherboard assembly has plenty of room in the new case shell. And after many hours and several redos the system is finally complete. This is a wrap. If you have comments or questions, I will attempt to answer promptly. Good modding, neil 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Wow! You never stopped! lol Great work bro, congrats for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BALDY_MAN Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 a very well thought out build. great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luki1979 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JahStories Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Verry verry Beautifull ! I love it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baudouin Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I would have dream of such a mod, without thinking it was possible. Great fantastic mod. Standing ovation for you neil43. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illdev Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Mind blowing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Cool!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil43 Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 I am pleased that you find this system interesting. I have kept it current and it now has Sierra 10.12.3 installed. I is part of my design-work collection and usually get booted about once a month. Good modding, neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josephien Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 beautiful mod, i love it would you sell it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberdevs Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 It's awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerimek Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 You did amazing job man! I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Cool mod - well done sent from my iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosondephone Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I Love you! I'd like to see the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil43 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 I Love you! I'd like to see the back. Here are three more photos: Enjoy. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1111 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 The Front USB Port as disapear ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkNugget Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sweet tiny build! You got my vote! WAIT! We're not doing that anymore. Well... you still got my vote anyway. By the way, your Geekbench score isn't too far off from the current Trash Can Pro! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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