G4
Manual Download here:
We were lucky enough to find the official
manual for the G4 available
for download
unfortunately we found this after we had completed the project
but here it is for you to download click
here The external plastics should be removed and safely stored
before any work is carried out on the steel case itself. The
manual will tell you how. You'll also need to remove the plastic
from beneath the motherboard for which we could not find any
use for although it seems to be part of the door mechanism.
Removing
the old components:
We ended up with a fair sized box of metal and components after
removing everything from the case which may end up on ebay
at some point unless we get exited about building them into
a PC case to balance up the equation. Don't forget to remove
the wire and fixing brackets on the case's exterior which we
think
was
for
the wireless
network
or Airport as it is known.
Cutting
the old motherboard fixings out:
You have to remove all the existing fixings
for the old motherboard the easiest way we found was to drill them out from the
exterior of the case which leaves you with some holes but the
exterior plastic will hide these ok.
Rear
panel removal:
We thought it best to remove the entire rear panel which they
call the I/O panel. This is held in with pop rivets and so
you need to drill these out remember that you are only removing
the inner panel the exterior to which the plastic is attached
has to remain. Keep this panel as you will need part of it
to make up for fixings for your AGP Graphics card and PCI cards
etc.
Miscellaneous:
You will find various metal plates held in with screws which
seem to have no purpose except to hold down cables, those
also went into the large box of components except the hard
drive caddy which will be re-used for the same purpose later
in
the build.
In
part 3 we will look at what we need to put back, modify or
fabricate before installing the components next
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