Overall a fun project with lots of ups and downs, fails and wins.

Fantastic way to turn a half-dead macbook into a full working desktop though!

If anyone has any ideas of what I could add to it, or if you have any questions or advice for taking on your own version of this, I'd love to hear it and help.

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Adj. regulators came in. Hooked up to the charger plug on the logic board. Feeds regulated 12v and 5v to the optical drive now.

All works as it should! I think I'm done with this project for now, until I pick up a USB hub but I hardly need it at the moment. It does everything I need it to, and I use KB/Mouse over bluetooth. its got one free USB slot I can access on the back when needed. I'll eventually 3d print blanking plates and stuff for the back but it works great now.
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I still need to get some 12v regulators so I can knock the 18.5v of the apple PSU down to use for a DVD burner. This system is going to be my workbench computer and i need it to do floppy and optical burning. Going to try to wedge a 3.5" MO drive in there too, 2 of my classic machines have them and i love it as a format.

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Little mods here and there improve it as I go along.
Mini Displayport to Displayport adapter, to a displayport to DVI adapter mounted to an old GPU PC plate so I can have external access to the video connector.

Also made a 180 USB connector so I can keep the USB Floppy drive cable internal and not have to snake it in and out of the case.

I still need to 3d print an I/O shield plate, but im going to wait until i have a USB hub for that. Tape will do for now.

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Its got a little party trick too

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At a good stopping point now. Its a functional machine and the rest of what I need to do is going to be a little more involved. Need to figure out how to get 12v for running full size drives, add a USB 3 hub internally for more expansion, and print up some port shields for the back. But right now it's going to serve duty as my workstation computer.

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Video of it booting from the front panel button

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More detail on the power button hookup.

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More progress on the MacBox Pro

Got the 2nd iteration of the logic board adapter tray printed up and did a test fit with the HDD cable and wifi module cable attached. Also got a power button soldered up to the testpads by the keyboard FFC.
The unit boots up and runs great, power button works. Still got lots to do.

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