Yeah I still want to figure out how to disassemble my iMac G5. THis is the last generation iMac G5. I want to replace the CDRom and it seems difficult to find good textual described info on taking it apart. Got all the clips pretty much, but the trick is separating the back cover from the guts and I hate to think you have to cut the seal, but maybe that is the only way. I'd love to however go to the Apple store and ask if they'd let me poke around in the Mac Pro, but sure that wouldn't happen and can't blame them either. :) Gee I might then want one as well and that wouldnt' be good. :) On Aug 21, 2009, at 8:19 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote:
> > Plus, if all you want to do is a memory upgrade, all you have to do is > open up a little compartment then the process is just the same as it > would be on a pc. > Obviously the i/emacs innerds are going to feel a bit different to > those of a pc, but as has been said, if you can open a pc then you > should be fine; I had the pleasure of opening a powermac a few months > ago; great cable management & airflow. > > On 21/08/2009, Dan <key...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> About a year ago, I had to have one of the fans replaced in my Imac. >> The technician let me examine the whole process from start to finish. >> He was more than willing to explain the iMac's guts to me. Rather >> well >> put together. But, then again, I'm not at all surprised. The >> engineering is fantastic. >> Dan >> On Aug 21, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Scott Chesworth wrote: >> >>> >>> No need to be so warey Daniel. If you can find your way around >>> inside >>> a pc, you'd be fine taking a poke about in a mac should your >>> curiosity >>> ever get the better of you. The first time I opened up one of those >>> big old beast G4's I was pleasantly surprised, it's like the tidiest >>> of pc interior design just got tidier... if that makes any sense at >>> all. Everything was quite easy to fathom out, and the design was >>> overall much more rugged and well thought out than any pc I've ever >>> seen, certainly more than any pc I've built lol. >>> >>> Anyway, just a quick bit of reassurance, should you ever need to >>> upgrade anything. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> On 8/21/09, Daniel Crone <quirky.wiz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have opened up a p c, but I would think twice before opening any >>>> mac. >>>> On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:41 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Drive replacement on the emac is dooable but apple don't want >>>>> you to >>>>> do it. Opening it up is the easy part, but theres quite a lot of >>>>> stuff >>>>> inside it which is in the way of the drive. Your probably not >>>>> going to >>>>> break anything by having a look inside it so theres no harm in >>>>> giving >>>>> it a go. >>>>> >>>>> On 21/08/2009, Daniel Crone <quirky.wiz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow! Did not know you could replace a drive in an emac. >>>>>> Is it hard to open one up? >>>>>> On Aug 21, 2009, at 12:55 PM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey and thanks for the reply. >>>>>>> Both machines are tiger machines - I use the emac for audio and >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> much else so I figgured that i'd opt for a faster os with less >>>>>>> features since I wouldn't be using many of the features in >>>>>>> leopard - >>>>>>> its a g4 1.42. >>>>>>> The harddrive is a 80gb soon to be replaced with a nice and fast >>>>>>> 250 >>>>>>> 7200rpm. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 21/08/2009, Daniel Crone <quirky.wiz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I doubt you could boot using a Tiger machine. Leopard was >>>>>>>> written >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> the Intel chip set. >>>>>>>> Also, how large is the hard drive of the emac? >>>>>>>> On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:13 AM, ben mustill-rose wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hey all. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have a ibook with no harddrive in it. Before I delv into its >>>>>>>>> internals I want to make sure that all the existing parts have >>>>>>>>> no >>>>>>>>> strange faults that would render the system unusable when it >>>>>>>>> has a >>>>>>>>> harddrive in it. I'd like to be able to connect the ibook to >>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>> emac >>>>>>>>> and use the tiger install on the emac to boot the ibook but >>>>>>>>> i'm >>>>>>>>> getting conflicting messages about if this can be done or not. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'd be interested in hearing from anyone that has done this >>>>>>>>> before - >>>>>>>>> what exactly did you do? did osx find sound drivers? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Fyi, I did try connecting a drive via usb and installing tiger >>>>>>>>> on it >>>>>>>>> but it appears that osx can only boot from firewire volumes. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks for reading, BEN. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Kind regards, BEN. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> email: bmustillr...@gmail.com >>>>>>> msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com >>>>>>> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kind regards, BEN. >>>>> >>>>> email: bmustillr...@gmail.com >>>>> msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com >>>>> web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> >> > > > -- > Kind regards, BEN. > > email: bmustillr...@gmail.com > msn: benmustillr...@hotmail.com > web: http://www.bmr.me.uk (under construction) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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