[DM-MUG] Problem with old iMac

[CW Smith]

You could always yahk the drive and hook it up to another machine to back up
your data.

It could easily be installed inside a G3 or G4 tower for the transfer, or
mounted in a USB or FireWire enclosure to connect to an iBook or PowerBook.

There may be other parts in the machine that you or someone else could use.
Don't pitch the machine until you've parted it out!

Peace,
CW

cwsmith@mchsi.com



On 11/12/04 1:51 PM, "Russ & Marilyn Carlson" <marruss@crosspaths.net>
wrote:

> 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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