Hi, everyone! Its been years since I've worked on the old Tray Loading iMac's. My son has a 233 iMac that recently wouldn't start up. Today I tried it after it had been unpluged for a week or two, It came on but then shut off after a few seconds. I found if I unplugged it for 10 minutes or so I could get it to repeat this sequence. I eventually figured out that it was when the monitor kicked in that it would power off. By disconnecting the Mac monitor cable from the MB I could get it to stay on, I then connected a VGA monitor and it worked fine with that.
Its been so long I'm not sure what goes bad on these models. I am guessing its one of two things... Either the power-supply suddenly cant handle the full load and shuts off when the monitor clicks in. OR more likely the monitor went bad and causes it to short and powers off. Any idea what the problem is from these symptoms? If it is the monitor, I think I'll take the guts and build a G3 Mac Mini and use an external monitor, but don't want to go through the work if its the PS or something else that I would be reusing. Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
