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Dead Analog Board - 2006/08/01 18:31Well one of my iMac's just died. Analog board is my guess. Started popping and went black and shut down. I can hook up an external monitor and the thing runs fine, but not the internal one. So the next project is to pull this apart to see what analog board I need or what part I need to replace, maybe the fly-back transformer. What do you guys think? Just when I got 10.2 to put on this thing, boy computers can be so fun....
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krowmagnum
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Re:Dead Analog Board - 2006/08/02 01:12That sucks ! It's the only downfall of the iMacs. Just be glad it's not the 350MHz model..... there's no video connector to hook up an external monitor on those.
It is something bad on the analog board for sure but they are harldy worth buying parts for when you can get a working iMac for less than the board will cost. Any complete boards you find are going to be high priced.
But if you have the skills to track down the offending component and fix it.... go for it. Otherwise I would look for another Mac like a B&W G3 or a later iMac. Used G4's are getting pretty reasonable now too.
Or you can always put that logicboard in an ATX case. There are several online tutorials on the subject.
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Re:Dead Analog Board - 2006/08/02 08:02Have used these iMacs long and hard, I guess one of them was bound to give up the ghost. Had to pull my pm 6400/200 out of retirement for now. I don't think I'm going to fix this
I like the iMac form takes up less space on my desk, G3 and G4's maybe a G5 but they look like big white slabs sitting there, where can I get a good referb besides e-Bay at a good price. I was also thinking about a laptop or notebook, but they tend to disappear from work.
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