On Mar 1, 12:13 pm, Cyrus <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.)
>
Greetings again,
I used the guide to open the guide. I got the screws removed, but I
couldn't get the bottom to come off the front of the iMac. Is there a
trick to it?
Thanks,
Lee
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