nervouschimp Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Nervouschimp, When you get to the firewire you may find that one of the data cables needs reversing from the diagram too. A good year since I did mine! thanks for the heads up, and your are indeed correct. just like with the USB, the data lines for the firewire must be reversed, as well. so TPA+ and TPA- must be reversed, and then TPB+ and TPB- must be reversed. i tested this setup using a Lacie firewire hardrive and doing several data transfers... it's working great. i updated the graphic above to illustrate the correct pinout. also, to verify that the power button is grounded through the firewire VGND, i unplugged the firewire, and then tried to power on the machine... no dice... the firewire VGND does in-fact complete the power button circuit so it must be used. now i haven't gotten around to the front audio yet, and may not any time soon.... but anyone can use my last diagram posted above to get all up and running..... so there you go.... that's the pinout you've wanted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 thanks for the heads up, and your are indeed correct. just like with the USB, the data lines for the firewire must be reversed, as well. so TPA+ and TPA- must be reversed, and then TPB+ and TPB- must be reversed. i tested this setup using a Lacie firewire hardrive and doing several data transfers... it's working great. i updated the graphic above to illustrate the correct pinout. also, to verify that the power button is grounded through the firewire VGND, i unplugged the firewire, and then tried to power on the machine... no dice... the firewire VGND does in-fact complete the power button circuit so it must be used. now i haven't gotten around to the front audio yet, and may not any time soon.... but anyone can use my last diagram posted above to get all up and running..... so there you go.... that's the pinout you've wanted.... Do you have any pics of your front panel connected to your board and thanks for the picture really helps alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Ok now I know How to get the Front Panel running now how about the fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 More Stuff came in Guess what Im making 2 and one of the mobo was not working and need to send it in More Parts are coming in and also do any of know where to get the female power thing thats on the front of the powersupply where you put in the power wire or a female to female plug I don't want to open up the powersupply. Thank you and getting one mobo RMA'd stupid Abit and can I use a video card in a PCI E x16 electrical x4 slot thank you and I want to try doing this SLi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazevedo317 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 hey that motherboard looks like the g5 one in color haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 hey that motherboard looks like the g5 one in color haha. Wow I just notice that sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazevedo317 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 haha yeah when i looked it at i was like wow thats pretty nice. my motherboard sticks out cause its purple hah. how much did that motherboard cost you? is it SLi Ready? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Yes it is Sli Ready It Cost me $120 for 2 of them fully supported for vanilla kernel and onboard intel GMA950 graphics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazevedo317 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 how many gigs of ram does it support? core 2 quad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 4 gigs and quad but im not gonna rig it that much maybe a core 2 duo and 2 gigs of ram im gonna use it for graphic designing backup pc because we have a mac book air and a Mac Pro no pc's and I hate the pc case looks and so basically dual boot xp and leopard and med gaming. the mac pro and air arnt mine my brother and my dad so they dont want to get me one so im building one :DAnd Nervous Chimp if read this can you show me a pic of your front panel cabling connected to your motherboard thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazevedo317 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 seems like a nice build. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazevedo317 Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 hey nervous chimp, you getting any progress done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervouschimp Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 hey nervous chimp, you getting any progress done? YES! I have made progress! I got my drive bay fans wired up and working. OK, what I did was split the power into 2 molex connectors that will allow me to attenuate the 12v and 5v separately in order to keep the fans quiet. Basically, the 12v and 12v ground from both fans run to one molex, and the 5v and 5v ground run to a 2nd molex, that way I can easily connect a voltage controller each line and tweak until I get the right combo of noise/cooling. I am hoping that I only need a controller on the 12v line. BTW, I was unable to power the bay fans on just 12v power. It required both the 5v and 12v lines to make them run. Also, just like AquaMac said, the voltage lines are on the outside and the grounds are the 2 inner cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua-mac Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Nice work there nervouschimp, you are right, you only need to attenuate the 12 v feed. I used a couple of Zalman controllers with one of them turned down as far as it would go and the other slightly faster. They need to be set at slightly differing speeds to stop them creating harmonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervouschimp Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Nice work there nervouschimp, you are right, you only need to attenuate the 12 v feed. I used a couple of Zalman controllers with one of them turned down as far as it would go and the other slightly faster. They need to be set at slightly differing speeds to stop them creating harmonics. Oh, {censored}... so i will need to run a separate resistor to each 12v line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Oh, {censored}... so i will need to run a separate resistor to each 12v line? Do you have any diagram of this or any thing that can help me out you are so lucky you know how to do this type of stuff I want to learn lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervouschimp Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Do you have any diagram of this or any thing that can help me out you are so lucky you know how to do this type of stuff I want to learn lol look at the end of connectors with the notches facing up: left to right: 12v, GND, GND, 5v Edit: So I just connected both power lines to 5v and now the bay fans are actually pretty quiet. so for quiet operation: 5v, GND, GND, 5v.... and no need for a fanmate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sweet thanks this one is for the harddrive fans right? or for any with foraand do I need a solder or can I just twine them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervouschimp Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Sweet thanks this one is for the harddrive fans right? or for any with foraand do I need a solder or can I just twine them up this is for the drive bays fans... both have 4 wires.... i am not using any other stock fans so.... can't help you with anything else.... but they are prolly the same... just connect them 5v, GND, GND, 5v..... the lowest that most fanmates will go is 5v anyway.... so save some clutter..... i twist, then solder, then shrink-wrap, but i like it to look pro, and be permanent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 this is for the drive bays fans... both have 4 wires.... i am not using any other stock fans so.... can't help you with anything else.... but they are prolly the same... just connect them 5v, GND, GND, 5v..... the lowest that most fanmates will go is 5v anyway.... so save some clutter..... i twist, then solder, then shrink-wrap, but i like it to look pro, and be permanent... So thier is 2 fans on the drive bay and also how come on the molex connector the other 2 wires are gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottath Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Where is the best place to get one of the G5 cases? I'm in Sydney [Australia] if there is a place a little more local... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 Where is the best place to get one of the G5 cases?I'm in Sydney [Australia] if there is a place a little more local... try www.welovemacs.com www.mac-pro.com or ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 11, 2008 Share Posted February 11, 2008 So thier is 2 fans on the drive bay and also how come on the molex connector the other 2 wires are gone Could I use the molex Connector for this one too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 So thier is 2 fans on the drive bay and also how come on the molex connector the other 2 wires are gone Im an Idiot I made smoke come out of the fans does that mean they wont work s**t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ*DarkLight Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 amantheboy08: smoke and even sparks? Yes, I ended up with this too. But dont think that the fan is gone, it will probably work with right wiring again... Mine ones work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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