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    Where to make a hole in my G5?

    Posted by Gunleik Groven on March 15, 2006 at 10:52 am

    Hi.

    I have a dual 2 1st gen with the 6800 that takes up a PCI slot in addition to the AGP, a Rocket RAID and a BlackMagic HD PRO card.

    All well, except that I have to get 8 SATA cables into the Mac… -;))

    I see two options.

    1: To make a hole in the grill on the backside

    2. To make an opening in the door.

    Because the door-model will not involve risking to get metal particles on the mainboard, I’m leaning that way. I’ll have to make a hole in the plastic case as well. But I wonder if this would destroy the fantastic airflow features of the G5?

    Any ideas?

    Gunleik

    Gunleik Groven replied 20 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Harry Pallenberg

    March 15, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    I would not do either…. but if I had to choose, I’d go with the back grill… just use a drill with a vacume attached.

    Thanks,
    Harry.

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  • Mitchji

    March 15, 2006 at 11:16 pm

    Hi,

    Is there a SATA card on the market with 8 external ports?

    Best Wishes,

    Mitch

  • Gunleik Groven

    March 16, 2006 at 11:45 pm

    1. I did the Grill and it works just nice.

    2. Not that I’m aware of, but it should have been! that is exacly my problem, I have the disks in an external
    cabinet and have to get the cables in.

    Done now.
    Works.

    Thanks!

    Gunleik

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