Case Mods - BlueIce G4 Rev. 1, Rev. 2, Rev. 3... when will it ever stop!!!

BlueIce G4

Announcing: Rev.2 of BlueIce G4

Welcome it's Thursday, August 28, 2008

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BlueIce Rev. 2 --> :: rev.2 gallery :: rev.2 short movie :: univers macworld article :: webcam ::

BlueIce Rev. 1 --> :: the beginning :: preparation :: dismantle ::
:: surgery :: reassemble :: results & links :: keyboard lit-up ::

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::PROJECT BLUEICE G4 MOD - REVs 1-3

::REV. 1 [110201]

The "Birth" of Project BlueIce G4 consisted of cutting/dremeling the inner chassis on the G4, making the the plastic side panels transparent and installing Neon and Cold Cathode tubes inside the case to give in an eerie blue glow. The initial inspiration for BlueIce G4 was based on the first iMacs released in 1999. I thought color customization was pretty cool and started thinking about ways to bring the same customization to my G4 and maybe even taking it to new levels with usability, functionality and kewl-ness factors in mind.

Read Rev. 1 The beginning here

:: the beginning :: preparation :: dismantle ::
:: surgery :: reassemble :: results & links :: Apple Pro Keyboard illuminated ::

::REV. 2 [080702]

About nine months later I treated BlueIce G4 to another major Rev. 2 mod. Cutting more from the steel chassis, installing a 5-port USB drive in the front 3.5-inch bay drive and reloacated the power switch to the bottom/front of the case so I could place a tertiary 5-inch LCD screen to monitor system stats, itunes/visual display among other atypical type uses.

View the Rev. 2 mod photo gallery here

::REV. 3 [PRESENT]

Recently, I have done several minor changes/mods which I guess you can describe as Rev. 3 mod. really can't seem to leave the damn thing alone ;-) The R-3 mods include installing a 80mm custom blow-hole along with an adjustable 120mm fan/speed control, installing LEDs in the handles, and adding some internal components such as Serial/ATA 10,000RPM "Raptor" drives and a ATi Radeon 9800 AGP card.

Rev. 3 stats

::QUICK LINKS

:: 5-inch LCD mod info page, [link].
:: Apple Pro USB Keyboard illuminated mod page. [link].
:: HI-INTERFACE, suggestion based on first impressions of BlueIce G4 5-inch LCD Tertiary mod. [link]
:: BlueIce G4 mentioned in press, MacAddict, wired, read the article here. Also Macworld Univers article, French to English translation

:: Project Pyramac: Mac G4 transformed into a pyramidal-shaped, Acylic Ultra-Violet glowing case.

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BlueIce G4 Rev. 2

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