Hi J,
I've got the same issue with my iMac 233, though not
in as an advanced state as yours (mine still stays on,
but it flickers occasionally, which is the start of
the big shutdown). Yes, the offending part (the
flyback transformer) is on the PAV board. I almost
bought a second hand board off eBay, and though the
seller assured me it was all working fine, I felt
there was still a risk, because it will inevitably
suffer the same problems at some stage i.e. the
flyback transformer will malfunction.
Basically there are two definite ways you can
eliminate this problem forever:
1) Its possible (so I'm told) to take the iMac to a TV
repair shop/electronics shop where they could fit a
new flyback onto the board. The flyback itself is
available to order on-line (at least it is here in the
UK, and I don't think its an unusual model). So if you
were to take that with you then all they have to do is
take off the old one and put a new one on.
2) Get an external monitor cable and external monitor.
Your iMac 233 isn't actually dead as such, its just
that the flyback is stopping the machine from starting
up. Inside the mac is a common connector where you can
hook up an external monitor and in that way it will
start up fine. A few people on the Apple Discussion
boards have chosen this approach.
Hope this helps,
Matt
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