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| 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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| Remove bottom cover || Flip iMac over on a soft mat; remove 4 screws (#2 Phillips): two near hinged front lifter; two underneath oval grill (which can be gently pried open with a flat tip screwdriver), the two outermost screws ||
 
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| Check capacitors ||  ||
 
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| Replace hard drive || 20GB ||
 
| Replace hard drive || 20GB ||
 
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| Clean/dust inside || || 
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| Clean/dust inside || If necessary ||  
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| For tower, verify video card present || must be ATI, ATI Radeon, or nVidia ||
 
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| For tower, remove extra PCI cards ||  ||
 
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| Test/replace battery || 3.5v-3.7v is good; this requires clock set later ||
 
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| For tower, cover open slots ||  ||  
 
 
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| Attach keyboard and mouse ||  ||  
 
| Attach keyboard and mouse ||  ||  
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| Test CD/DVD data and sound  || CD-RW test? ||
 
| Test CD/DVD data and sound  || CD-RW test? ||
 
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| Test/detect modem, if present ||  ||
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| Test/detect modem ||  ||
 
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| For tower with Zip drive, test Zip || Format, copy to, read from ||
 
| For tower with Zip drive, test Zip || Format, copy to, read from ||
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| Close up the box  || check for loose parts and cables ||
 
| Close up the box  || check for loose parts and cables ||
 
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| Clean outside cover  ||  case, monitor face (iMac), connector panel, keyboard, mouse  ||
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| Clean outside cover  ||  case, monitor face, connector panel, keyboard, mouse  ||
 
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Revision as of 10:47, 24 September 2007

iMac Rebuild Table

Steps Notes Done
Remove bottom cover Flip iMac over on a soft mat; remove 4 screws (#2 Phillips): two near hinged front lifter; two underneath oval grill (which can be gently pried open with a flat tip screwdriver), the two outermost screws
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
Replace ram 256MB, 2x128MB PC-100 SDRAM
Replace hard drive 20GB
Clean/dust inside If necessary
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
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, connector panel, keyboard, mouse

Ubuntu Installation

Steps Notes Done
Attach keyboard/mouse, network cable, power cord
Power on, perform network boot At boot chime, press and hold Option+Apple+O+F; at OpenFirmware prompt, enter boot enet:0,yaboot, then press Enter.