Re: Further To My Help Request: Imac Power Boards
At 10:05 PM -0700 5/21/13, Bruce Johnson wrote: The G5 imacs were remarkably user-friendly to disassemble and repair. A design error that Apple has corrected on subsequent generations of iMac. ;-) Bob -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Further To My Help Request: Imac Power Boards
On May 22, 2013, at 6:19 AM, Bob Whiton wrote: At 10:05 PM -0700 5/21/13, Bruce Johnson wrote: The G5 imacs were remarkably user-friendly to disassemble and repair. A design error that Apple has corrected on subsequent generations of iMac. ;-) Yeah, but I appreciate the remarkably lessened need to do so over the G5's. And once you go over the weirdness of having to use suction cups to pull off the screen, the first few generations of Al imacs weren't that bad, either; certainly no worse than working on laptops. They've gone to all-glued-up in the latest though. Also, even the quad i7's are less of a space heater than the G5's were... -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
Re: Further To My Help Request: Imac Power Boards
On May 21, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: Next step: Is there a website with a tutorial on taking apart one of these IMacs?? Physical examination may reveal the extent of the problem. Any special tools required?? I can learn on this b4 looking into my own Imac. The G5 imacs were remarkably user-friendly to disassemble and repair. I find that iFixit's guides are the gold standard http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iMac_G5 Here's a video form another good source: http://www.powerbookmedic.com/wordpress/2010/04/06/imac-g5-repair-guide-teardown-released -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
