I bought an eMac over a year ago, without Apple Care (silly I know) and now the internal monitors gone and died!
I am running it fine with an external monitor adaptor and an old Dell monitor (which i will change as soon as i can afford)
Now heres the mission... I want to take out the eMac motherboard and put it in a new case, as the great big dead monitor is just waisting space...
1. has anybody tried this?
2. what case would suit? - would like to use a b&w G3 just cos i really like em and you can get these for cheep (old broken ones)
Just wanting any advice, tips, tricks for this mod.. i will set up a web page showing the stages of my mod for others to follow too... i know theres one guy i found whos done the same, but had not yet put his eMac into a case, the motherboard seems very dificult to work with...
Even if its a horible PC case then at least it will take less room, but as i say an old mac case (maby an old PPC even... yeah.. idea forming) would be best...
I want a new iMac G5 so im not too fussed about getting the monitor in my eMac repaired as it will cost.
So yeah, any help with my project would be great
So the brief:
1: take apart eMac without damaging
2: discard dead monitor
3: find a suitable case - old mac or decent pc case
4: get all components, superdrive etc into a new case
5: make it neat and usable
6: get a TFT monitor cos this old white dell one looks UGLY!
7: buy a G5 iMac anyway and sell it to a mod fan
he he
HELP PLEASE!!!
chears - matt
mac rumours newbie - 1st post
I am running it fine with an external monitor adaptor and an old Dell monitor (which i will change as soon as i can afford)
Now heres the mission... I want to take out the eMac motherboard and put it in a new case, as the great big dead monitor is just waisting space...
1. has anybody tried this?
2. what case would suit? - would like to use a b&w G3 just cos i really like em and you can get these for cheep (old broken ones)
Just wanting any advice, tips, tricks for this mod.. i will set up a web page showing the stages of my mod for others to follow too... i know theres one guy i found whos done the same, but had not yet put his eMac into a case, the motherboard seems very dificult to work with...
Even if its a horible PC case then at least it will take less room, but as i say an old mac case (maby an old PPC even... yeah.. idea forming) would be best...
I want a new iMac G5 so im not too fussed about getting the monitor in my eMac repaired as it will cost.
So yeah, any help with my project would be great
So the brief:
1: take apart eMac without damaging
2: discard dead monitor
3: find a suitable case - old mac or decent pc case
4: get all components, superdrive etc into a new case
5: make it neat and usable
6: get a TFT monitor cos this old white dell one looks UGLY!
7: buy a G5 iMac anyway and sell it to a mod fan
he he
HELP PLEASE!!!
chears - matt
mac rumours newbie - 1st post