Kathy,
I never took a bondi blue apart before a month ago to
replace the video card because of a bad flyback
transformer.
The flyback is the one thing that generates the high
voltage that everybody talks about.
The imac was my moms. I was on vacation at home after
doing 6 months in Afghanistan last February 04. I
notised the screen started flickering every now and
then. Thats when I remembered the word on the net
about the flyback going bad in the rev.A models,
Thats when I told her to start thinking about getting
a new computer. When it finally did die I got a
message on the answering machine. Asked her if she
backed up the documents that were on her hard drive.
naturally no.
Any way getting back to your problem.
When taking apart, watch out for the flyback tail.
the tail comes out of the top of the transformer to
the CRT side (top). It will be connected to the side
looking like a suction cup.
normal procedure would be to make sure it is
discharged before going any further.
good luck,
if you have any further questions, don't be afraid to
ask.
Jim F
--- Kathy Kotomaimoce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The cat is in the doghouse, so to speak. She decided
> to nap in the potted
> plant on top of the bookcase. Upon exiting said
> perch, she knocked the
> ceramic pot off the top of the bookcase where it
> crashed on top of the iMac,
> dumping dirt (fairly dry as the plant hadn't been
> watered lately)
> everywhere... floor, shelves, desk, chair... and the
> innards of Madame
> Blueberry.
>
> How do I go about cleaning out the iMac without
> doing any damage? Amazingly,
> the pot crashing onto the case did not seem to do
> any harm other than a few
> scratch marks... but there's definitely some good
> potting soil now residing
> in the depths of the iMac, and I really don't want
> anything to start growing
> in there.
>
> And yes, this is the same Mac that recently
> recovered from having 3 CDs
> jammed in the drive by The Toddler. Interesting that
> my posts to this list
> usually involve disasters rather than some
> interesting technical issue...
>
> Kathy K
>
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