On 20/07/2005, at 11:11 PM, Clae wrote:
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:38:34 +1200
Subject: old iMacs....
From: Jerome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm wondering whether I can somehow make one 'better' iMac out of
a slot
loading 350Mhz (no firewire) that goes OK and a much later slot
loading one
(600-700Mhz one) that has the failed analog board...
could the 350Mhz analog board go in the later machine?
Google "gamba2", download the service manuals for both machines,
check if they are the same part.
Depends on the display manufacturer. LG PAV boards go with LG,
Samsung with Samsungs. Fortunately 99% of slot loads I have pulled
apart have all been LGs.
And one other thing. If you do pull them apart, be careful with the
logic boards. The casings are slightly different for the models, and
the heatsinks built in to the metal casing behind the logic boards
are in slightly different spots. If you don't get it right, then you
will fry your logic board in no time! Trust me, I have seen it
happen :-) Just make sure they line up correctly.
the other thing might be the swap of the CDR drive for the plain
CD drive in
the iMac....
My guess is that would be plain sailing.
Your other alternative would be to put the faster motherboard into
the working machine - the surgery is probably simpler, and it keeps
you well away from fiddling with the high voltage end of things.
From memory (and I'm no iMac whiz) the slot loaders were pretty
hardware compatible across the range, just not with the tray loaders.
No necessarily true.....see above.
Seeya
Rod!
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