Here's a quick mod I just did on an Apple Mac G4. It was constantly overheating n crashing all the time. So what I had to do was inprove the case cooling. How many of u haf seen a modded Apple? I bet none.



Here we go with the pix. This is how it looks like b4 the chopping.


I forgot to take pix of front panel b4 i started work. I this pic u can c I've already drawn the circle n drilled the holes.

wow.. apple casings are nice... too bad no1 sell them

Garage Sales always got old Macs for sale mar. Few hundred bux oni. Can always buy 1, strip it down n mod it to fit PC hardware.

oh really? i didn't kno tat.. hehe.. too bad, i would hav buy 1 of them for my casing..

woot ? so fast mod new rig?

Er, how bout King Kong?

I never knew King Kong eats Apple

Walannnn apple also cut... Durian how?

Updatesssss.............


This case has a very unique construction. The external surface is made up of 2 layers. 1st layer is plastic. Then there's about a 3mm gap to the next metal layer. In this pic I've removed the front plastic layer for cutting the blowhole. To cut each blowhole I hafta cut twice coz of the dual layers. U can c that I've already cut the metal panel inside in this pic.











Free hand cutting with the jigsaw. If u noticed, the corners of the plastic panel r not flat. Hence the jigsaw can't sit flat on the panel while I cut. That's y I call it freehand cutting. Coz I hafta hold the jigsaw up in the air without touching the panel to avoid the corners which r curving up. The only thing touching the panel is the blade. Very, very difficult n risky coz 1 tiny mistake can cause the blade to hit the top surface n snap. It cud also damage the panel badly.







More updates soon.

This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 24 2006, 11:10 AM

Apple mod.....!!!!!!! no one modded this thing yet, i guess (in malaysia i mean)...
so this must be great mod..... cant wait to see the result....

aaaaaa~ front turbine ian~ front turbine~ i wonder if u can change the color theme of the casing... are the plastic enclosure detachable?

nice job...

gonna maintain white?

nice casing you got your hands on this time

hmmm the front you gonna put the fan turbine kind of design is it ??? like the one on the icute casing ???

haha mantain white only la the colour

battousai_yiting, no offence but dat iCute casing dat u were referring is neva in my book..

not disrespecting the thread but gotta show wat i meant by turbine..


I'll remove it if its inappropriate. juz pic, no worklog deep linking except 4d source... bookmarking this thread as well now.

This post has been edited by r4ydc24: Sep 24 2006, 06:23 PM

I'm not modding anything too fancy lar. Gotta keep the nice simple Apple look. Just gonna soup up the ventilation.

Uncle, kasi this apple some lala apple look hahahahaha....

meaning, no color theme changing? aiseh~ ghetto it up a lil bit la~... argh, anticipation is tiring... juz gonna wait then...

aiyo uncle ian..mod everything under the sun.... anyway great work on the front panel cutting...man...freehand...i smoke so shaky hand s+jigsaw ..sure bad cuts one

This post has been edited by lolhalol: Sep 25 2006, 03:56 PM

Freeeee haaaand........ How do you control your hands movement, very risky lar?? Can you cut it using the rotary tool??

Just control nicely lor. Yes it is very, very, very risky n I don't recommend any1 to try freehand cutting with the jigsaw. I cudn cut it with the dremel coz it just melts the plastic n the cuts will be very, very messy. More updates soon.

This post has been edited by ianho: Sep 25 2006, 11:50 PM

Next thing I did. Time for the top panel ventilation. 2x120mm fans.



Marked out, taped up n ready for cutting.









Once again freehand jigsaw cutting is used. Coz of all the uneven surfaces.









Top panel is done.







Next thing to do is to cut the internal metal chassis.