iMac G5 LCD repurposing

you already sound too lazy to do such a project and you'll probably end up destroying it anyway

just give it to someone who would love a non-x86 shitbox to put OpenBSD on

Check lcd interface. Buy appropriate controller board.

>>60305891

those things are nothing but pain

legit apple users got burned by hdd crashing an not knowing how rescue osx and their HFS file system or power supplys dying from the fan getting clogged from someone smoking a cigarette near it and justing the wholw machine

they are nothing but pain stayaway,,,,,,

>>60308004
>power supplys dying from the fan getting clogged from someone smoking a cigarette near it
User error.

>>60308367

>a cigarette
not packs a day friendo
those things were always on the edge of thermal breakdown

>>60308004
I just want the display nigga

>>60305923
>>60305891

it's straight tmds, hack up a dvi cable and solder it to the existing cable - you'll need a pinout though, they exist (or did) out there though.
You'll need something for the backlight though, unless you're ripping out the ccfl's and putting a string of leds in.

>>60305891
I did this once, its more trouble than its worth unless you are extremely bored or poor. I say that because you can buy a monitor with the same specs for like $40 on eBay

If you want to do it, I remember that there are two types of monitor panel that ship with the G5. Don't remember their names, but one brand of panel needs a converter board to be usable (costs like $30 from China), and a power supply. the other only needs an LVDS to DVI converter which you need to solder yourself but you can use the inbuilt inverter with the power supply. Mine was the one where you solder it and it was a pain in the ass because all the wires are tiny.

Once you do that it should be pretty easy to put a NUC in there although I'm not sure how you'd mount it. I do remember seeing some guides on it though, search "iMac g5 NUC" or something like that.

Sorry that I don't have any sources for this but all of the info is on various forums, can be found through google.