Yikes G4 part 1

On the forums i mod about modding Mac computers, i got in touch with a gent by the name of Vaz. He had a G4 Yikes that he was trying to raid 4 drives together and unfortunately, by the looks and sounds of it, that idea was put on the back burner.


How I got a hold of Vaz was, I was wandering through a website about old Mac OS 9 software and i had a piece of hardware for his newer computers. He then emailed me and told me that he knew me from the aqua-mac forums and we talked after that. He told me about the Yikes issues he was having and that he also wanted to sell it. Well, after a few days, i did purchase the Mac from him, but low and behold, it had a few more problems that i anticipated.


It took me half a day to get the machine straightened out, but now it has a place by my side hosting my server files that was once a Dell’s job.

Insides when i got it
Insides when i got it
Inside top
Inside top
Old ATI Rage PCI
Old ATI Rage PCI
Newer Geforce 5200 PCI
Newer Geforce 5200 PCI
Modem taken out
Modem taken out
Bare modem slot
Bare modem slot
Old CD burner
Old CD burner
Old vs new
Old vs new
3 of the hopeful drives
3 of the hopeful drives
2 more
2 more
Promise Ultra ATA-66
Promise Ultra ATA-66
New power supply
New power supply
Internally modded, no cut wires
Internally modded, no cut wires
Breathing room
Breathing room
Yep, a Super Flower 350W
Yep, a Super Flower 350W
All drives removed
All drives removed
Internal fan out
Internal fan out
Bare
Bare
Old 200W power supply
Old 200W power supply
Power supply out
Power supply out
The G4 heatsink
The G4 heatsink
That thing is huge!!!
That thing is huge!!!
The size of my fist!!!
The size of my fist!!!
Sonnet G4 500MHz
Sonnet G4 500MHz
Dusty
Dusty
Dusty part 2?
Dusty part 2?
All clean
All clean
This clean too
This clean too
Old Sawtooth side panel
Old Sawtooth side panel
In place
In place
Breather hole
Breather hole
Old crap thermal pad
Old crap thermal pad
Removing pad
Removing pad
Almost there
Almost there
Halfway there
Halfway there
Geek cleaning tools
Geek cleaning tools
Shiney
Shiney
Arctic Silver applied
Arctic Silver applied
Internal fan connector
Internal fan connector
Soldered together
Soldered together
350W in place
350W in place
Hard drives in place
Hard drives in place
Fan cleaned and in
Fan cleaned and in
Cable management
Cable management
A true server
A true server
New DVD in
New DVD in
Money shot
Money shot