>From what I understand of the yellowing process, it’s caused by heat from
the backlights somehow ‘burning’ stripes into the lcd. Simply swapping out
the backlights probably wouldn’t fix it; is replacing the entire LCD
assembly relatively easy? I seem to recall it coming out fairly easily when
I re
You may just need to re-apply the thermal paste to the GPU, rather than replace
the heatsink. The thermal paste transfers the heat from the processor to the
heatsink, but it dies out over time and stops functioning properly.
Unfortunately the heatsink on those models in on the back of the logic
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:57 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
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> My second question relates to Boot Camp and Windows. The logical version to
> install would be Windows 7, but only 32-bit OS’s are supported on this iMac.
> Where on earth would I find a 32-bit version of Windows 7?
>
I would avoid messi
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Eric Volker wrote:
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> I’m actually pretty lucky as far as longevity goes. My old mid-2007 iMac will
> still run the latest OS, making it among the oldest devices to do so. Even
> so, it has a few problems.
>
> Chief among them is what I think is a bad heat pip
I’m actually pretty lucky as far as longevity goes. My old mid-2007 iMac
will still run the latest OS, making it among the oldest devices to do so.
Even so, it has a few problems.
Chief among them is what I think is a bad heat pipe on the GPU - it rapidly
overheats if I play any 3d games. I had al
