Can this iMac be saved?
I have a 12 year old Imac - Rev B. - System 9.2... 4 Gigs Hard Drive... 168 RAM...This computer has worked very well... never a problem until now.
I am a teacher. I was using this computer in my classroom. It was able to surf the web... most of web pages displayed correctly. I just wanted an alternative to the crappy Dells the school district sticks in every other teachers' classrooms.
The problem... today it won't start up... no chime.. no lights... nothing... dead... it's plugged in, connected correctly... I press the power button... nothing...
Is there anything I can try before sending it to the big network in the sky? The Rev B iMacs are a bear to take apart, could a dead battery cause this? Can this Imac be saved? Any help would be great appreciated.
Here is a picture of the battery that you need.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item-specials/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
All the tray loading iMac g3's, models a-d, are constructed the same.
While this article deals with adding memory, you should see the pram battery on the logic board when you get to step 17.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43012
You should skip steps 17 to 20. Look for the pram battery instead.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43013
Here is a good disassembly page for the tray loader:
http://www.macopz.com/columns/imacrepair/disassembly.html
I second the motion for an iMac g3 600 or 700. These machines do not run video like youTube that well, if at all.
Robert
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