Yes the G3 iMacs used IDE HDs. I don't think they started using SATA until the G5's or Intel iMacs, so you should be OK. (All IDE HD's are interchangeable, for the most part) Also it should be easy to upgrade to a DVD drive, my younger brother has an older one that we upgraded to have a DVD drive, so he could watch movies. It works great. (I'm pretty sure we got it on eBay? Possibly a pull from a newer G3 iMac that had a DVD drive) It's pretty easy to take them apart, at least to get to the hard drive and CD drive, but I would suggest looking over a complete take apart guide before starting in: Here is a dissasembly guide, the pictures and instructions are about 10 pages into it. Hope that helps! (sorry if it is a little confusing... you can just google imac G3 take apart and see what you can find-if it's not helpful to you.)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103447/iMac-G3-Disassembly-Guide -Cyrus On Mar 1, 7:14 am, Charles Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 1, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Art wrote: > > > > > On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Lee Stroschine wrote: > > >> I teach at a small church run school and just acquired some G3 iMacs > >> (500 mhz, 128mb, 20gb, cd-rw, OS 10.3.9). The pram batteries need > >> replacing. How do I open the iMacs to get to the battery? Also how > >> do I access the hard drive and will the hard drive from a beige G3 > >> fit? Finally, how difficult is it to replace the cd-rw with a dvd > >> drive? I have experience replacing items on various models of beige > >> G3 and B&W G3, plus older models of Macs, so I am not afraid to open > >> the iMacs up. > > > Another possibility: > > > <http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/> > > Nobody has addressed the Beige HD question --- > > The HD in the Beige is most likely an EIDE interface --- if the iMac > use EIDE then yes, otherwise no. > > Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.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 unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
