Woot look at this...
UPDATE
Managed to "aquire" some tools from my dads workshop on saturday, so Sunday brings you this!
Please do excuse the terrible phone picture quality :(
Source: [G SIX] LukaP's Mac Pro G5 Log [Phase: Cutting it up]
UPDATE
Exciting day here at the LukaP residence! Guess what part just arrived on a friggin saturday evening? :D
(sorry i had to use a relatively high f-stop, the lighting isnt exactly great)
And as always, the entire album is found here
Source: [G SIX] LukaP's Mac Pro G5 Log [Phase: Taking it apart]
UPDATE
With some help from my brother, we got the outer shell and the inner shell apart today, so after cleaning, it will be ready for cutting and painting :)
Outer part
Inner part
Source: [G SIX] LukaP's Mac Pro G5 Log [Phase: Taking it apart]
UPDATE
I got the T8 in the mail today, so what better use of the day than start dismantling the case :D
Well, it didnt go smooth, firstly, the screws are damn tight, and hella loads of them... then they are obscured by stuff. in the end i had to prematurely pull out (heh) the midplate to gain access to the upper section, which ill do tomorrow morning.
And alas, the pictures :D
The little bugger we were all waiting for
You can see the screws missing on the bottom side, as well as no midp
UPDATE
The backplate is here :D finally. And its a beauty.
Its a great feeling, knowing that something youve made has been transformed to life. :) Everyone should experience this atleast once.
Source: [G SIX] LukaP's Mac Pro G5 Log [Phase: Taking it apart]
Got the backplate finished in Solidworks (apart from the name). Its ATX (7 PCIe ports) with one 120mm fan, and the hole for the power cable left untouched ;)
Source: LukaP's Mac Pro G5 Log [Phase: Cleaning and stripping]
First off, thanks for taking a look at this, means a lot. :)
Recently, i have acquired Apple's Mac Pro Gen5 case, which i have wanted for ages. My plan is to custom fabricate a new back I/O plate and the motherboard tray, to make it fit an (m)ATX board, and its expansion. I wish to make a mod worthy good enough that i can ask for sponsorship from companies to be able to fit it with hardware as good as the case itself is. ^_^
