I also had screws in the drive caddy that were just too big and preventing the caddy settling in right. My local friend helped out there too. I just installed 10.3 and will complete the rest today.
I'm loathe to take it apart again to fix the Airport antenna cable but I know I won't be satisfied until I do ! On Apr 2, 10:18 am, johnwd5 <john...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's a thin strip of coax. > > On Apr 2, 9:39 am, "./aal" <aalh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:29 AM, johnwd5 <john...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Anyone out there had any positive experience of repairing a broken > > > antenna wire ? The split is about an inch away from the logic board. > > > My confusion arose because the seller had accidentally connected the > > > dummy ide port on the imac while pinching the airport cable, after I > > > had started assembling it had just snapped, and the points where it > > > snapped were right inside that ide port on the board so I convinced > > > myself it belonged there ! > > > > So my question is does anyone have any knowledge of repairing ? In a > > > duct tape world I could just strip a piece of insulation and twist the > > > two together and retape. I don't feel comfortable soldering this. > > > is it coax or a single conductor? > > > also.... > > I cant check for it now, but take a quick look on ebay and google to > > see if that wire is sold, or someone has one. It may be so cheap it > > isnt worth fixing > > > -- > > -- NOT sent from an iphone,blackberry,Nokia, or any handheld. -- > > > I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) > > AND I RUN LINUX!!! > > Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has > > their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we > > choose to scoop. > > Alice Thomas Ellis - "There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women > > love children, children love hamsters." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
