

Ok! I'm taking the plunge! I just ordered the mobo and the cheapie 400MHz G4 board! View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif If you already happen to have, say, JEDEC-compliant PC133 SDRAM, an IDE hard drive, and a ATX case just lying around, then why buy new? The other way you save money is by reusing existing components. the forums there) for other people who have successfully modified power supplies to use with the newer GigE and QuickSilver motherboards (which require the 28v "trickle"). A search of the the xlr8yourmac forums yielded this link to a guy who's got a circuit that will step up an ATX power supply's 5v standby voltage into something suitable for the Gigbit mobo.īuilding that circuit could be a bit tricky for me as my soldering skills really are not that fantastic.

Though, I think I can get some help from some of the EE guys at work. I think the next trick will be checking if there are differences between the Sawtooth and Gigbit front panel connectors. #Server motherboard in a power mac g5 case mod.#Server motherboard in a power mac g5 case how to.
