Hello,
since a Powerbook G5 is a well-known inside joke of Powerpc Macs community, I began to think about creating one myself out of an iMac G5 iSight 17" (A1144). The case is the last of my worries, I'm more concerned about how to get everything up and running in a portable form.
So, I've got a few thoughts and as I havent found any useful informations in google, I'd like to share my concerns about this project with you, maybe someone will be able to hand me a solution.
1. Of course the motherboard itself is gigantic, so first thing to do is to get rid of a DVD drive to save up space. Also 3,5" HDD must be replaced by some smaller factor storage device - I'm not sure if going to 2,5" will be enough - maybe a sata-micro sd adapter is the right way to go?
2. Power supply - I have no clue on how to replace the internal psu with a pico psu with a jack for an external power supply... Non-iSight models can be converted to ATX (I've seen one guy on ifixit who did that successfully), but the iSight PSU is somewhat strange and its pinout is a piece of damn proprietary bollocks... Does any of you know how to power this iMac using a pico PSU?
3. Battery - If there's enough space, I'd also like to install a battery inside - does any of you think it's even possible to solder a battery interface to this motherboard?
4. The casing itself. I was thinking about using a dead Powerbook G4 17' case, but i hiiiiiiiighly doubt it's possible - iMacs mobo seems to be simply too big itself, not mentioning HDD and pico psu inside.
5. Heat problem - even if I can manage to overcome all of the problems from above, I'm somewhat worried the mobo could literally melt inside a notebook case - what do you think?
Have a great evening and I hope to start an interesting conversation.
since a Powerbook G5 is a well-known inside joke of Powerpc Macs community, I began to think about creating one myself out of an iMac G5 iSight 17" (A1144). The case is the last of my worries, I'm more concerned about how to get everything up and running in a portable form.
So, I've got a few thoughts and as I havent found any useful informations in google, I'd like to share my concerns about this project with you, maybe someone will be able to hand me a solution.
1. Of course the motherboard itself is gigantic, so first thing to do is to get rid of a DVD drive to save up space. Also 3,5" HDD must be replaced by some smaller factor storage device - I'm not sure if going to 2,5" will be enough - maybe a sata-micro sd adapter is the right way to go?
2. Power supply - I have no clue on how to replace the internal psu with a pico psu with a jack for an external power supply... Non-iSight models can be converted to ATX (I've seen one guy on ifixit who did that successfully), but the iSight PSU is somewhat strange and its pinout is a piece of damn proprietary bollocks... Does any of you know how to power this iMac using a pico PSU?
3. Battery - If there's enough space, I'd also like to install a battery inside - does any of you think it's even possible to solder a battery interface to this motherboard?
4. The casing itself. I was thinking about using a dead Powerbook G4 17' case, but i hiiiiiiiighly doubt it's possible - iMacs mobo seems to be simply too big itself, not mentioning HDD and pico psu inside.
5. Heat problem - even if I can manage to overcome all of the problems from above, I'm somewhat worried the mobo could literally melt inside a notebook case - what do you think?
Have a great evening and I hope to start an interesting conversation.