I'll have to look up LVDS, sounds like an STD or a religion.... Russell Courtenay
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Joshua Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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