On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Stro <lstro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Mar 1, 12:13 pm, Cyrus <callmemrp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes the G3 iMacs used IDE HDs. I don't think they started using SATA >> until the G5's or Intel iMacs, so you should be OK. (All IDE HD's are >> interchangeable, for the most part) >> Also it should be easy to upgrade to a DVD drive, my younger brother >> has an older one that we upgraded to have a DVD drive, so he could >> watch movies. It works great. (I'm pretty sure we got it on eBay? >> Possibly a pull from a newer G3 iMac that had a DVD drive) It's pretty >> easy to take them apart, at least to get to the hard drive and CD >> drive, but I would suggest looking over a complete take apart guide >> before starting in: >> Here is a dissasembly guide, the pictures and instructions are about >> 10 pages into it. Hope that helps! (sorry if it is a little >> confusing... you can just google imac G3 take apart and see what you >> can find-if it's not helpful to you.) >> > > Greetings again, > I used the guide to open the guide. I got the screws removed, but I > couldn't get the bottom to come off the front of the iMac. Is there a > trick to it? > > Thanks, > Lee the front does not come off
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