Re: iMac G4 700MHz fans acting oddly (running as soon as plugged in)

2017-01-07 Thread Google
Joshua, No, sorry, I didn’t address your issue directly. The fan shouldn’t start until you press the power button. I just dove into the Apple service manual for that iMac, and it doesn’t say anything about that issue. (I’ve messed around with old cars for years, and quite often I run across a p

Re: iMac G4 hacking

2017-01-07 Thread Russell Courtenay
I'll have to look up LVDS, sounds like an STD or a religion Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Joshua Kelly wrote: > > The screen is LVDS, but a few people have put Intel NUCs inside and > hackintoshed them, with some pretty good results. > >> On 7 Jan 20

Re: iMac G4 700MHz fans acting oddly (running as soon as plugged in)

2017-01-07 Thread Joshua Kelly
The screen is LVDS, but a few people have put Intel NUCs inside and hackintoshed them, with some pretty good results. On 7 Jan 2017 4:46 a.m., "Russell Courtenay" wrote: > Hmmm... Just thought of something: how about using a miniITX board inside > an iMac G4 for a realMac Hackintosh? Is the G4 s

Re: iMac G4 700MHz fans acting oddly (running as soon as plugged in)

2017-01-07 Thread Joshua Kelly
Thanks for your reply, Jim. The fan turns on the moment I plug it into the wall, though. (It only started doing that about a month ago as far as I can tell.) So it's definitely meant to do that before I even press the power button? Joshua Kelly On 7 Jan 2017 3:54 a.m., "Jim Scott" wrote: All