On Aug 31, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Jim Scott wrote:
I do volunteer Mac tech support for a local school which has a bunch
of G3 AIOs and iMacs that are beginning to experience flyback
transformer failures.
If you've got experience replacing these, please share your
experiences with me and other members of this list who may be having
similar problems.
Also, if you know of a good source for the correct G3 AIO & CRT G3
iMac flyback transformers, please post it (or them) to the list.
Thanks in advance for your help.
-- Jim
Hi Jim,
While I have no experience with the first hand, I can offer some
(hopefully) helpful links for the iMacs. But first, you need to
decide if it is economical to replace the FBTs when you could get a
whole new unit for about that much (locally, of course). So if you
live in an area where there are a lot of used iMacs (check
classifieds and eBay), it may be wiser to just swap out HDs instead
of FBTs.
Secondly, you can disconnect the failed monitor and attach an
external, but this probably isn't a preferred solution for a school
environment.
Here are two links that I recommend when I post to Apple Support
Discussions - hopefully you will find them useful too.
<http://www.macopz.com/columns/imacrepair/> Repairing the original
iMac: Replacing the Flyback Transformer
<http://www.djonmac.com/links/flybacktransfor.html> Djonmac.com -
Flyback Transformer
You can also search the Apple Discussions for some information:
<http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.ef9fbd1> Apple
Discussions -> iMac G3 Usage
<http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.ef9fbca> Apple
Discussions -> iMac G3 Displays
Hope that helps :-)
Kyle-
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