Hi, I have pulled apart an Intel mini, and I assume the G4 is similar.
Getting the case open is the most interesting part, the first time you do it it feels entirely wrong and you'll probably think you are breaking the thing. The next time you do it, it will only take you seconds because you'll appreciate that the cases are really tougher than they look, and it's fairly hard to damage them. Unfortunately it's quite hard to avoid scratching the case at all, but once you put the thing back together and flip it the right way up, the tiny scratches won't be visible. I found the hardest part was reconnecting the tiny little cable at the front of the case once I had screwed the whole thing back together after upgrading the ram and hard disk, you need very small fingers or some needle nosed pliers to pull this off easily. Good luck :) Mitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "ben mustill-rose" <[email protected]> To: "macvisionaries" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:12 AM Subject: Mac mini meats the putty knife > Hey all. > > Guess who's just been given a mac mini, which quite honestly is the > best computer I've ever touched! However all is not well, this mini > seems to be getting a bit hot and bothered - ie: when doing anything > intense it will get hot then shutdown; I understand this is actually a > feature. > > I want to open the case to try and remove some of the dust that I'm > assuming is the cause of this problem, but I've never delved inside a > mini before so am a little bit warey about how to go about it. > The general concensus seems to be to use a putty knife or 2 or to cut > & strip an ethernet cable then loop the wires around the tabs in order > to release them. However, when I've found posts about how to do this, > they've been quite pictorial so they haven't been that helpfull. > I'd be interested in hearing if any totally blind person has ever > managed to open the g4 1.42 mac mini without scratching it, using > either of the above methods. I should be fine locating everything once > the case is open, its just the actual removal of the casing that is > worrying me a little. > > As always, any response what so ever would be great. > Thanks for reading, Ben. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
