An interesting fact about broken iMacs: the 27" iMacs of around 2011 vintage have a nasty habit of bad connections to the graphics chip. If you don't mind the challenge of a full iMac tear down, you can find a 27" with bad graphics for under $300 and fix it with a $75 "reball" job (and of course that full iMac rebuild)!
There was one nearby recently but I passed on it, I think I'll snag it next time! Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2016, at 9:49 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2016, at 5:40 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <fluxstrin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I was not familiar with your model. I thought maybe it had a PCI slot behind >> a trap door. > > No iMacs have ever had PCI slots. > >> If you have had it for a while I am rather surprised you do not have the >> disassembly down to a fast routine. > > iMacs, at keast post the white plastic models, have been remarkably long > lived. RAM is easy to get to, the Hard drive is retty much the only other > thing that’s not part of the logic board. Working on them is not rocket > science, but it’s not simple, either. I replaced the HDD in my mid-2010 model > ad it took me an extra several days because I broke a tiny $2.95 cable that > used a slightly different connector than the directions I had said. Making > sure I didn’t break the heavy, delicate, horribly dust-attractive glass > screen on my 27” model was the biggest hassle. Also I ended up fabricating a > useful tool form a heavy paperclip to help pull up the LCD screen. > > <https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/e1yysSwMNh6o4xqh> > >> -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
