An interesting fact about broken iMacs: the 27" iMacs of around 2011 vintage have a nasty habit of bad connections to the graphics chip. If you don't mind the challenge of a full iMac tear down, you can find a 27" with bad graphics for under $300 and fix it with a $75 "reball" job (and of course that full iMac rebuild)!
There was one nearby recently but I passed on it, I think I'll snag it next time! Russell Courtenay Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2016, at 9:49 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2016, at 5:40 PM, W.Adrian D'Alessio <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I was not familiar with your model. I thought maybe it had a PCI slot behind >> a trap door. > > No iMacs have ever had PCI slots. > >> If you have had it for a while I am rather surprised you do not have the >> disassembly down to a fast routine. > > iMacs, at keast post the white plastic models, have been remarkably long > lived. RAM is easy to get to, the Hard drive is retty much the only other > thing that’s not part of the logic board. Working on them is not rocket > science, but it’s not simple, either. I replaced the HDD in my mid-2010 model > ad it took me an extra several days because I broke a tiny $2.95 cable that > used a slightly different connector than the directions I had said. Making > sure I didn’t break the heavy, delicate, horribly dust-attractive glass > screen on my 27” model was the biggest hassle. Also I ended up fabricating a > useful tool form a heavy paperclip to help pull up the LCD screen. > > <https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/e1yysSwMNh6o4xqh> > >> -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
