A Mac Rebuild Table

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Steps Notes Done
Check capacitors
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