Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think changing the drive in any of the iMacs exposes you to any of the dangerous bits. IIRC it's just a matter of pulling off the bottom plastic, the EMI shield, and un-plugging/unscrewing the drive chassis to remove.
As far as sourcing a drive, you might try LEMswap and see if anyone has a spare. I just junked a 400Mhz graphite a few weeks ago just before moving but can't recall if I pulled the drive or not, or where on earth I would have put it. On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Mike K. <[email protected]> wrote: > * Jason Johnson wrote on 2016-12-13 18:47 +0000: > >> I have an Apple iMac DV that will not mount discs on its Desktop. >>> >>> With a DVD in the Drive, Apple System Profiler indicates that there is >>> 'No mounted media inserted' >>> >>> Does anyone have any clues of how I can rectify this please? >>> >> >> need a new drive. >> > > I concur -- sounds like a dead drive to me. > > Replacing the drive isn't too onerous in these iMacs, but you absolutely > *must* be careful with the CRT's capacitor, which can hold charge for quite > some time and will kill you if you touch it before it's discharged. If > you're going to do it yourself, it's best to leave it turned off and > unplugged for at least a fortnight before opening it up -- tedious, but > necessary for safety. > > The other problem is sourcing a replacement. Looking quickly on eBay > wasn't super promising, and the drives I did see cost more than the machine > is probably worth. I guess the iMac G3 has entered the inevitable > retrocomputing phase of being quite rare and thus very pricey. > > -- > Mike | <http://koralatov.com> > * 15" 'Penryn' MacBook Pro 2.66 * 27" 'Lynnfield' iMac 2.66 * > * 20" iMac G4 * 'Key Lime' iBook G3 466 * G4 Cube 500 * > > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscribe@googl > egroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group > /vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
