On 3/23/10 5:29 AM, Jay T wrote:
Hey guys
I have taken apart and put back together a LOT of macs, but I have
never soldered anything to anything in there and I'm a little nervous
here.
I recently bought a used iMac G5 1st gen 1.8ghz and it boots up and
operates quite well for extended periods.
On 3/24/10 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
The most difficult part -- aside from my steep soldering learning
curve ascent -- was removing the original capacitors. Apple used
lead-free solder in those iMacs, and I literally burned up several
solder
On Mar 25, 2010, at 1:29 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
On 3/23/10 7:21 PM, Earle Jones wrote:
Intel iMac Sys 10.6.2
System Preferences takes a very lng time to open.
How long?
What is going wrong?
If I click the dock icon, it bounces forever.
Forever as in you literally die
On 3/25/10 9:55 AM, Earle Jones wrote:
First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. After
30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click. The 'Force
Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing.
Try the same thing again:
Click