MMPMM: MadMarc's PowerMac Mod
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alpenwasser
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heh, paracord sleeving does look so nice, but yeah, lots of finger burns. I like your ghetto push-through toolnice work
My fingers still hurt a bit every time I see paracord sleeving. :lol:
Although towards the end it got better because I'd gotten used to it, so I suppose
that's something. And +1 for the sleeving tool, that's some nice ad hoc engineering
right there.
MadMarc
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This week my new SSD arrived:
and I sleeved the 8 pin cable
it turned out quite nicely imo. Once I'd figured out how long the paracord needs to be and how much it needs to be melted I really enjoyed it and I got much faster as well.
On the 24 pin however, things won't be so easy...
...if you have to use coloured wires, why do you need to make it so hard to sleeve your PSUs Seasonic?!
and I sleeved the 8 pin cable
it turned out quite nicely imo. Once I'd figured out how long the paracord needs to be and how much it needs to be melted I really enjoyed it and I got much faster as well.
On the 24 pin however, things won't be so easy...
...if you have to use coloured wires, why do you need to make it so hard to sleeve your PSUs Seasonic?!
Chris230291
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Your cables look really good. I like how the heat shrink is hidden.
I hope mine turn out like that.
I hope mine turn out like that.
alpenwasser
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On the 24 pin however, things won't be so easy...
...if you have to use coloured wires, why do you need to make it so hard to sleeve your PSUs Seasonic?!
Yeah, 24 pins are a PITA, although yours looks even worse than mine. All I had to
contend with were some sense wires (the double wires), nothing intertwined like
on your unit.
Have fun! :lol:
MadMarc
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Thanks, I didn't use heat shrink, it's not hidden. I only had to use it where two wires go in to one pin.
Check out lutroo's sleeving videos and you'd be able to make cables just like mine, it's really not that difficult once you get used to it.
I think once the wires are sleeved and go more or less straight from one connector to the other, not crossed over like they came from the factory it will already look much better. As long as the mainboard side turns out tidy I'm happy. Your cable lacing video will definitely help me doing that.
alpenwasser
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I didn't mean so much that it looks unappealing but more that it looks like it's going
to be a PITA to make it look nice.
I have no doubts that you'll get it to look really purdy, it's not really that difficult, but
more a matter of patience (lots of it). And good to see the vid getting some use, that's
what it's for, after all.
Chris230291
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Ok cool thanks, I'll go take a look and see how you did it.
EDIT: That looks fairly simple to be fair.
He used pretty much the same colour pattern i plan to!
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alpenwasser
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Nice!
They rarely do, it comes with the territory. Not even the custom cables I've done for
HELIOS are very tidy on the PSU side. The only way to avoid that would probably be to
make a custom converter plate for the PSU to convert the PSU's pinout into something
neat and tidy (a tad overkill, ever for my tastes
).Anyway, nice work!
alpenwasser
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Yes, yes it does.
i hope you do the headphone jack ring to match
I second that wish.
MadMarc
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i hope you do the headphone jack ring to match
Yes, yes it does.
I second that wish.
let me see what I can do about it, I looked at it again and now I also feel it might need to be changed
I'd have to make it on my own as my mate who made the other cnc milled parts lives quite far away (for Swiss standards). I don't plan to use the headphone jack on the frontpanel so I'm thinking about using the existing hole for something else.
Update:
...yes it had to be changed and now it is:
I found a weird polished alu part in the box with my RC car stuff that I could cut to size and did fit the existing hole perfecly
I've also made a mounting bracket for the usb3 ports
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alpenwasser
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MadMarc
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After christmas and a bit of skiing I finally got time to continue with my project.
I found a shop that still had sawblades for our old scroll saw so I could finish the back panel:
here's the case with all aluminium panels installed:
...including the SSD mounting holes, built for easy removal
...and the PSU mounting bracket
Today I started lacing my cable, of course using alpenwasser's excellent guide:
Earlier this week I made a cable for the power button and led.
I found a shop that still had sawblades for our old scroll saw so I could finish the back panel:
here's the case with all aluminium panels installed:
...including the SSD mounting holes, built for easy removal
...and the PSU mounting bracket
Today I started lacing my cable, of course using alpenwasser's excellent guide:
Earlier this week I made a cable for the power button and led.
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