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| − | | Check capacitors || || | + | | Remove bottom cover || 4 screws (#2 Phillips): two near hinged riser leg, two underneath oval grill, which can be gently pried open with a flat tip screwdriver || |
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| + | | Check capacitors || || | ||
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| + | | Remove ram || Put ram in Eval DIMM box or Advanced Test Incoming box || | ||
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| + | | Remove hard drive || Disconnect power connector and ribbon cable; remove 4 #1 or #2 Phillips screws on top of drive cage; slide drive out; put hard drive in Eval hard drive bin || | ||
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| + | | Remove battery || Test for 3.6v or better; replace with good battery if <= 3.6v || | ||
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| Clean/dust inside || || | | Clean/dust inside || || | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 23 September 2007
MISC JUNK
http://www.debian.org/releases/2.2/powerpc/ch-init-config.en.html
iMac Rebuild Table
| Steps | Notes | Done |
| Remove bottom cover | 4 screws (#2 Phillips): two near hinged riser leg, two underneath oval grill, which can be gently pried open with a flat tip screwdriver | |
| Check capacitors | ||
| Remove ram | Put ram in Eval DIMM box or Advanced Test Incoming box | |
| Remove hard drive | Disconnect power connector and ribbon cable; remove 4 #1 or #2 Phillips screws on top of drive cage; slide drive out; put hard drive in Eval hard drive bin | |
| Remove battery | Test for 3.6v or better; replace with good battery if <= 3.6v | |
| Clean/dust inside | ||
| Replace ram and hard drive | 13GB min HD; 2x128MB PC-100 SDRAM | |
| For tower, verify video card present | must be ATI, ATI Radeon, or nVidia | |
| For tower, remove extra PCI cards | ||
| Test/replace battery | 3.5v-3.7v is good; this requires clock set later | |
| For tower, cover open slots | ||
| Attach keyboard and mouse | ||
| Power on | boot Finnix or Mac OS X | |
| Record configuration | CPU, Mem, HD, CD, Video, extras | |
| Set HW clock date/time to UTC | may not be necessary if connected to network | |
| Install Ubuntu from CD | This may be removed if using pre-installed disk | |
| Activate network interface | Set to DHCP | |
| Update installed software | System Update Manager | |
| Install gnome-ppp and ogle-gui, if necessary | modem: gnome-ppp; dvd: ogle-gui | |
| Test CD/DVD data and sound | CD-RW test? | |
| Test/detect modem, if present | ||
| For tower with Zip drive, test Zip | Format, copy to, read from | |
| Close up the box | check for loose parts and cables | |
| Clean outside cover | case, monitor face (iMac), connector panel, keyboard, mouse |