The screen is LVDS, but a few people have put Intel NUCs inside and hackintoshed them, with some pretty good results.
On 7 Jan 2017 4:46 a.m., "Russell Courtenay" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm... Just thought of something: how about using a miniITX board inside > an iMac G4 for a realMac Hackintosh? Is the G4 screen standard VGA? > > Russell Courtenay > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 6, 2017, at 8:54 PM, Jim Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > All iMac G4s have only one fan, which starts running as soon as the > computer is turned on and continues running at the same speed until the > unit is turned off. As iMac G4 cooling air enters from the bottom of the > case and exits at the base of the chrome stalk, it acts as a vacuum > cleaner. If you take it apart and get rid of all the dust bunnies and crud > buildup on the fan blades and in the entrance and exit ports for air, > you'll get a quieter iMac. On the other hand, perhaps the fan bearing, > which is probably getting close to 15 years old, is wearing out and adding > to the noise. If you do take the case apart, be sure to remove the old > thermal pad material and replace it with thermal paste so that heat > generated by the cpu and gpu can be piped up to the fan properly. Good luck! > Jim Scott > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Joshua Kelly <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've been having a very strange issue with my original 700MHz iMac G4 >> flat panel recently in which the fans decide to start spinning at low speed >> the moment I provide power to the system - even before pressing the power >> button. >> >> I've reset PRAM, NVRAM, and even the PMU to no avail. >> >> I'd really appreciate any help or ideas related to this. While the fans >> are remarkably quiet, it does get a little annoying after a while, haha. >> >> Joshua Kelly >> @thejsa_ >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
