Hackintosh G-i5 ( Gigabyte P55 motherboard / intel i5 750 cpu ) Powermac G5 case
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Need a Snow Leopard file server solution but don’t want to lay a couple of grand on a Mac Pro? This clip shows you how you can rebuild a dead G5 into a powerful quad core Intel i5 hackintosh running OS X retail Snow Leopard. Hardware used – OS X Snow Leo retail 10.6 Intel i5 750 cpu Gigabyte P55M-UD2 motherboard 2 x Samsung F3 1Tb HDDs 8Gb ( 4 x 2 ) Crucial 1333Mhz DDR3 Palit 1Gb Nvidia 9500gt Silent edition. Arctic Cooling Freezer rev2 socket 1156 Dead Powermac G5 Pioneer SATA DVD rewriter An full day for the hardware mod, and a couple of hours for the software install. Thanks to Aquamac for some great hardware advice www.s155158671.websitehome.co.uk Tonymac for his P55 chipset install blog tonymacx86.blogspot.com Netkas for the PC EFI project http Please follow us on Twitter @ twitter.com And check out the homepage for professional web design www.a9ksystems.co.uk
April 24th, 2010 at 1:50 pm
What GFX card you got now?
April 24th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
awesome vid i have a 2008 mac pro but wanna upgrade graphics card and maybe psu any ideas??
April 24th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I have a dead G5 and my friend has CM ATC 201C case. will defo get it from him.
been thinking about doing this 4 a long time but the back of the G5 case is a big challenge.
Now with this case it will be easier to do it.
good interior bits, especially the HD rack. I think I could put it inside G5 case next to mobo
will go for i5 750 and full ATX mobo GA-P55A-UD3, it is on amazon uk for £104, a bit more than the micro1 u used.
will keep u posted if interested.?
thanks
esk
April 24th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
gr8 mod. I like it.
April 24th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
@REMR001 modding needs more skills than buying a complete computer.
April 24th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
very nice video
April 24th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Thanks. I don’t know how difficult it will be for me to get my hands on one, but I will try. Any recommendations for a more available motherboard tray?
April 24th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
No ladiodog, I state the motherboard tray is from a CoolerMaster Wavemaster. I had to contact Coolermaster European head office in Holland for the part as they are no longer in production but fit perfectly in a G5 mod – the Hard drive cage is Lian-Li, can’t remember the code.
April 24th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Great case mod. One question for you is where did you get that mb tray. I can only find Lian-Li product# LLMOBOTRAY-PC6X which is different than the one you are using. You said it was a Lian-Li product, but it looks to me as a custom fabrication. I am starting my first G5 mod and liked what you did so much that I want to do a similar install with mb tray.
April 24th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Perhaps. = If I get a few more pennies, I may just do that. I’m unemployed so I’m sort of taking what I can get. XD
April 24th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Everybody is a noob at some point. Thats the whole point.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
hackintosh for stupid noobs
original mac 4ewer
April 24th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Its always a compomise with case mods. Doing it this way means you can always change out the motherboard at a later date for a full ATX with no spae issues. Personally I don’t spend all day staring at the back of any of my machines either.
April 24th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
another g5 killed wye does nobody care about the back.
al u think of is cut it with a dremel O.o
April 24th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Haven’t tried it. Only use Windows in VM Ware Fusion.
The only reason the Apple logo is not present at boot is the Netkas EFI is set to boot in “verbose” mode. You can change a normal Mac to boot like this too if needed. The Apple logo is just cosmetics and can be put back to default.
This should not affect Boot Camp.
April 24th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Does bootcamp work on it??? ( I noticed that you booted without the Applelogo so I had to ask).
April 24th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Ebay it ! Save yourself a lot of time and your face in your hands every time the boot fails.
Seriously, for the sake of 20 or 30 £$ is it worth the headache?
April 24th, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, it seems to be.
It was a matter of price. The Micro Center near me was selling the X58 Pro on clearance, and I was actually able to get one that someone returned, as well, which took close to $50 off. I got the board for a little over $100.
April 24th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
think that mobo is a bit of a pain – why didn’t you go for an ASUS P6T or a Gigabyte-EX58-UD4P . Both are well documented for OS X 10.6 installs.
April 25th, 2010 at 12:49 am
MSI X58 Pro.
If you can help me out, I’d greatly appreciate it. I’ve got an extra harddrive, I could try it on.
Thanks.
April 25th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Which mobo?
April 25th, 2010 at 1:23 am
I went for the X58 chipset instead. might have been a mistake. = Can’t get OSX to install.
April 25th, 2010 at 2:22 am
Thanks mate
April 25th, 2010 at 3:08 am
I’ve put a link to Tony’s blog in the description section. You should definitely check it out.
April 25th, 2010 at 4:03 am
@ThaAzzhole Look for Tonymacx86 Blog on P55 mobos