[DM-MUG] Problem with old iMac

[Russ & Marilyn Carlson]

As I was trying to copy my data there was a loud pop and everything went
dead.  I have been unable to restart.  Is this "The End".

Russ

"John D. Todd" wrote:
> 
> I have a 233 Mhz iMac still running 8.1 that is use only for quicken.
> (Things worked so well back then.)
> I had this same problem a while back and it is common problem with part of
> the power supply.
> 
> What I did to work around this was to take the cover off the bottom of the
> iMac and on the back of the motherboard is a DB-15 video connector that
> you can remove. With out video single going to internal monitor then the
> monitor does not power up. This save the power supply problem. I then
> hooked up an external monitor and it has been running fine for more then a
> year.
> 
> Slightly off topic: the iMac is unfortunately the only mac I have in my
> normal home arsenal with a couple PC's. I found a PS/2 to USB adpater that
> is Mac compatible so I am using a PS/2 (PC keyboard/mouse) through a
> PS2/VGA KVM switch (Keyboard, video, mouse switch) to run 2 PC's and the
> iMac with only one set of monitor/keyboard/mouse.
> 
> just my 2 cents
> JT
> 
> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Russ & Marilyn Carlson wrote:
> 
> > I have an old iMac with 8.6 on it.  I am still using it for Quicken.
> > Lately it has started snapping which causes the screen to flicker.  What
> > if anything can I do to stop this?
> >
> > Russ Carlson
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