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4. The Picture below shows an example of the material to be cut away. Note that the mesh needs 
to be cut right up to the wall of the PCI compartment, one full column of holes needs to be left on 
the right hand side and five colums of holes on the left hand side. 

5. Make sure one row of holes remains above the top of the power plug outlet. Generally leave as 
much material of the original back intact as you can. 

6. Once you have made the cuts test fit the new back. This time, once you have loosely fastened 
the new back plate into place offer up the G5 fan plate (with the tongue facing inwardly - i.e. the 
opposite way to the original G5 fitment) to the rear of it and see if all fits well. If there is too much of 
the original back to allow the fan assembly to fit, then make a note of where the problem is, take 
the backplate off and do any needed extra cutting. 

3. Once you have marked up the areas to be removed, you can start cutting the G5 back. 
If in doubt under cut and then go back and cut more later - you can always remove 
material, but putting it back is not so easy.... 

4. The Picture below shows an example of the material to be cut away. Note that the mesh 

needs to be cut right up to the wall of the PCI compartment, one full column of holes 
needs to be left on the right hand side and five colums of holes on the left hand side.

5.  Make sure one row of holes remains above the top of the power plug outlet. Generally 
leave as much material of the original back intact as you can.

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Страница 1: ...ackplate lying against the G5 back this will show you where you will need to cut away material I suggest scribing around the inside of where the fan holes will be as well as around the I O cut out REMEMBER you must keep the material of the G5 backplate that you are going to secure the screws to so it is a good idea to mark with a pen or similar the position of the mount holes 3 Once you have marke...

Страница 2: ... fit the new back This time once you have loosely fastened the new back plate into place offer up the G5 fan plate with the tongue facing inwardly i e the opposite way to the original G5 fitment to the rear of it and see if all fits well If there is too much of the original back to allow the fan assembly to fit then make a note of where the problem is take the backplate off and do any needed extra...

Страница 3: ...te flush with the right hand edge of the tongue portion of the fan holder Fix the template in position with some sticky tape and then using a 2 8mm to 3mm drill bit drill two holes in the tongue portion in the positions marked by the template holes well If there is too much of the original back to allow the fan assembly to fit then ma note of where the problem is take the backplate off and do any ...

Страница 4: ...ue along the bottom line of the template all the way from end to end so you have this left Now insert the two standoffs into your drilled holes If you used a 2 8mm drill then the standoffs will cut their own thread when twisted if you used a 3mm drill then you will need to secure the standoff stem with an M3 nut Now the fan holder looks like this 9 Finally fit the acrylic grey bracket like this no...

Страница 5: ...side of the G5 we come to the fitting of the motherboard tray First though there are some non standoffs that need to be removed from the G5 case completely These are the button headed i e not threaded standoffs that were used to locate the original motherboard and which allowed the motherboard to slide in elongated slots The photograph below shows one example of these standoffs all similar standof...

Страница 6: ...d you need to attach the motherboard tray to standoffs that are inside the footprint of the ATX motherboard For instance in the motherboard tray shown below the tray had to be attached at the points arrowed For these two mount points the standoffs had to be reduced in size by the use of a dremel tool or hacksaw so that when the motherboard was mounted to the tray there was no chance of them interf...

Страница 7: ...nting holes present on your motherboard Mounting your motherboard With the tray in position and the backplate secured you can proceed with your buildup If you are re using the power supply case from the G5 then put that into position as well as the top metal plate without the rear fan holder in place Only once the PSU is fixed and metal plate in final position should you replace the fan holder com...

Страница 8: ...n place by the end of the PCI slot area This is inevitable due to the design of the G5 this will give an appearance as shown below Finally sit back and admire your handiwork ociate the metal I O shield with the rear ports of the mobo and feed the mobo on the tray otherboard to the tray with the rest of the M3 countersunk screws that have ed will need to adjust the metal I O r the grey trim plate t...

Страница 9: ...ot seem to be needed for all PCI e cards just some do not fit correctly into the Mac PCI card holder Troubleshooting Some modern PCI e cards do not fit easily into the original G5 PCI slots If you have a problem then this is the solution The small metal tabs circled below in red may need to be cut and removed If you need to do this to make your PCI e cards sit properly against the top of the PCI s...

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