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My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #1

My first case mod. It's not exactly a Macintosh, but it's connected to it. I modified the power button on my SCSI tower. I drilled out the center and stuck in one of those REALL…
MacNN PowerPC by olePigeon

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #2

nice, man... can I do that with my G4 tower's power button? I've seen something like that I think, on a G4... would it still pulsate when sleeping?
MacNN PowerPC by IceEnclosure

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #3

Olepigeon, that is nice work! If thats a SCSI case I'm guessing that your Mac is a beige one, maybe you could replace all the lights on your Mac & keyboard with blue ones to ma…
MacNN PowerPC by ajprice

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #4

Quote: <STRONG>nice, man... can I do that with my G4 tower's power button? I've seen something like that I think, on a G4... would it still pulsate when sleeping?&…
MacNN PowerPC by olePigeon

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #5

pulsing LED for when the computer is asleep? it has been done on the PC world a few times, but i believe it involved grabbing the sleep signal from the mobo via the serial port or…
MacNN PowerPC by Nimisys

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #6

When the G4 is asleep (likewise with the monitor) the LED pulsates. He was just looking into replacing the yellow (older modle) or the white (newer modle) LED with a super bright …
MacNN PowerPC by olePigeon

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #7

Quote: Originally posted by olePigeon: <STRONG>When the G4 is asleep (likewise with the monitor) the LED pulsates. He was just looking into replacing the yellow (…
MacNN PowerPC by Nimisys

My first mod! It's soooo cool! — #9

Actually, blue LEDs came out long before white ones, namely around 1990, although back then they cost almost $20 a piece! Nowadays, high-intensity (red, green, and yellow) LEDs ar…
MacNN PowerPC by tooki

iBook Lightening — #1

Since updating the HD, I've been wondering about practical methods of lowering the weight of my iBook. The shielding seems pretty light, as are most of the components. As far as I …
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iBook Lightening — #2

drill holes. not in the case though. Do it to pieces that dont really matter much... Im probably going to try to shave a few ounces when I open up my iMac this week. Just mak…
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iBook Lightening — #3

~LOL~ Why would you Need/Want to "lighten" your iMac?! Plus, taking away structural components of your portable is probably not too safe.. Seeing as Apple already had its pro des…
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iBook Lightening — #4

Cuz I carry mine around a lot! And swinging a sack around between my legs that weighs over 50lbs just isnt fun! Err.... I'm describing the iMac here. Hehehe. Ca$h PS: W…
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iBook Lightening — #5

When I carry my iBook to work, I've also got enough stuff in my backpack with it to add up to about a stone in weight. (logic would dictate that I should lose some of the other stu…
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iBook Lightening — #7

I would, but I live in the UK. It rains a lot. There's a subject for a new Mac mod topic. "Waterproofing you Mac !"
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So how many fans can an iMac handle? — #1

In an effort to cool my already hot chip, I want to get some more fans. I'm thinking that 2 up above my iMac's monitor, blowing up, would help. Possibly some more fans in the bot…
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So how many fans can an iMac handle? — #2

Y cables? bah, do it how a real man does it. Tape the wires of the smaller fan onto the negative/positive connectors of the 6 volt terminals and a more powerful fan on the 12V conn…
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So how many fans can an iMac handle? — #3

TAPE the wires?!? Why not use solder? >shrugs< Anyway, where are these 12 and 6 volt terminals? I have no clue where to find them. Any help? Ca$h
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So how many fans can an iMac handle? — #4

Kinda hard to disconnect it if you soldier the thing Anyways, the connector has colored wires leading to it, on mine, they are red/blac/black/yellow. The two blacks are positive…
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