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#467161 - 05/09/06 08:57 PM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
shadowboxer47 Offline


Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 517
So, as some of you know, I've been thinking about building a Pismo completely from scratch. I think it will be a cool project. Of course, I need a parts list and some general guide. Other than that, any suggestions and/or comments?

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#467162 - 05/09/06 09:34 PM Intrigued [Re: Anonymous]
mordaskyt Offline


Registered: 01/25/05
Posts: 360
As a shamless Pismo lover (I use mine instead of my G4 1.2 GHZ iBook) I am very interested, what, exactly do you mean? Part by part, to build a stock/upgraded Pismo or using the Pismo case with more modern "guts"?
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"SawSmurf" G4 500 - Quicksilver G4 Dual 1ghz modding...

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#467163 - 05/09/06 11:01 PM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
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Registered: 02/13/05
Posts: 1723
Do you have any parts yet?
I can give you a good list to start with at least, just from memory:

Top Case inc. Trackpad and Speakers;
Bottom Case;
Front Screen Bezel;
Rear Screen Bezel;
Logic Board;
Battery Charge Board;
AC/Sound Board;
CPU Module & Heatsink;
PCMCIA Card Cage;
Airport Card Cable;
LCD Panel (There are two different ones, they might use different displaycables);
Display Cable;
Inverter Board;
Inverter Cable;
Modem Board & RJ11 Cable;
Airport Antenna Cable;
Microphone & Cable;
Keyboard;
Optical Drive Module;
Hard Drive Cage & Cable;
Battery;
Hinges;
Clutch Cover with Power Button;
PRAM Battery;
Port Cover (usually with the bottom case);
Heat Shield;
Fan;
Rib Frame (often found with bottom case on eBay);

Obviously you will need a hard drive, RAM (PC100 or 133 SDRAM) and your choice of optical drive to fit in the module. And screws to hold it all together.
If I have missed out any parts, they will mostly be included with one of the other parts on my list.

Upgrade Options are as follows:
G4 CPU up to 550MHz or so;
G3 up to 1GHz or so;
RAM up to 1GB;
Hard Drive up to 128GB I suspect;
Will happily run a DVDRW;
PCMCIA Expansion;
Not sure if you can overclock the Rage128 GPU or not;
High-Capacity Battery;

Should get you started at any rate.

Probably would be too pricey at the moment, and the biggest one I found was only 1GB, but I have been wondering about using a PCMCIA flash card to boot OS X on an older PowerBook. I figure 8GB of flash would give you a nice big, fast scratch disk.

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#467164 - 05/10/06 12:36 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
shadowboxer47 Offline


Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 517
Originally Posted By: "mordaskyt"
As a shamless Pismo lover (I use mine instead of my G4 1.2 GHZ iBook) I am very interested, what, exactly do you mean? Part by part, to build a stock/upgraded Pismo or using the Pismo case with more modern "guts"?




I mean part by part, sir. All the way!


Pretty daunting, but I think it will be fun. I'm going to be asking for everybody's help on here because, in all honesty, I've never touched a Pismo but I love them to death...

kinda like a crush.... err... maybe

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#467165 - 05/10/06 12:37 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
shadowboxer47 Offline


Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 517
waragainstsleep,

Thanks for the list. I'll make that my starting point. Right now I'm cruising on eBay and comparing part prices. I want this to be as cheap as possible.

Eventually, I want it completely upgraded. It would be cool if I could get the now defunct G3/1GHz, but they're super rare and super expensive. I would like that to be an eventual goal. If not, I'll get the G4

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#467166 - 05/10/06 01:45 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
mordaskyt Offline


Registered: 01/25/05
Posts: 360
The Apple service manuals have the exploded view at the end which is a great visual reference.

http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/#portable
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"SawSmurf" G4 500 - Quicksilver G4 Dual 1ghz modding...

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#467167 - 05/10/06 02:12 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
zenstate Offline


Registered: 10/16/04
Posts: 586
Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada
pismo is the best G3 portable in the history of the world. you can even get G4 1.9ghz upgrades for them now.

good luck and happy building!
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Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD
B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD
Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD
Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD
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#467168 - 05/10/06 03:21 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
maestro Offline


Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 1656
1.9mhz for a Pismo? Havent heard of that. I know that there is such a cpu for Tibooks. I have had great success with a FastMac G4. Now if I could get around to getting another battery.

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#467169 - 05/10/06 07:13 AM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
griffer Offline


Registered: 02/12/05
Posts: 209
This is one crazy idea, but weirdly fascinating laugh. Gonna look forward to following this project.
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- eMac 1ghz (clocked at 1.27): 1gb RAM, Dual Layer Pioneer DVD +/- RW, 80 gb HD, 160 & 250 external Lacie FW HD´s. And modified cooling.
- iMac 600 mhz
- b&w in atx case, with sata drives :p
- PowerMac g3 b/w - with atx psu
- PowerBook G3 Wallstreet

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#467170 - 05/10/06 02:07 PM Building a Pismo [Re: Anonymous]
zenstate Offline


Registered: 10/16/04
Posts: 586
Loc: Vancouver, BC Canada
Originally Posted By: "maestro"
1.9mhz for a Pismo? Havent heard of that. I know that there is such a cpu for Tibooks. I have had great success with a FastMac G4. Now if I could get around to getting another battery.


you're right. its for the tibook. wasn't thinking..
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Mac mini C2D 1.83GHz - 2GB RAM - 200GB 7200rpm HD
Sawtooth w/G4 1GHz - 1GB RAM - SIIG SATA w/2x1TB HD
B&W w/G4 600MHz - 1GB RAM - 2x80GB HD
Sawtooth G4 400MHz - 512MB RAM - 40GB HD
Dell Ultrasharp 2007WFP 20" Widescreen LCD
2.94TB Total Storage

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