My iMac died :(

#1 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 01:55 68kMLA

So yesterday I went to power up my iMac, only to have it not boot. It worked fine on Friday night, so yeah.

I power it up, and I the fan runs, and the power LED glows amber. I've now had a play around with it, and I've gotten it to chime (played with the RAM), but I can't get any video, either on the internal display, or an AppleVision 1710AV.

I have another logic board assembly kicking around, with RAM and a CPU card installed, so I tried it. It needed some convincing, but it booted fine off an OS 8.6 CD.

I know for the past few months, the display on it has taken longer and longer to warm up. ATX conversion time I guess? :-/

For the record its a Rev. D tray load iMac 333.

#2 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 12:04 68kMLA

Forget about this everyone - the iMac lives

Turns out that one of the RAM modules is cactus, the Hyundai stick. Friggen Hyundai...their cars suck, and so does their RAM! (They're the same company, right?)

Its also a shame that it seems that these old gals, as they seem to age, seem to become more finicky than a vintage Alfa Romeo.

#3 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 12:52 68kMLA

hey glad to hear its back up and running! as for the ram i dunno, i've actually had decent luck with hyundai-chipped sticks but nothing is failproof.

#4 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 13:11 68kMLA

Yeah, I've heard their RAM is supposed to be decent, but as you can tell, I haven't had much luck with them, and, well, everyone knows that their cars really suck!

(unless, of course, you're a fuli sic Hyundai Excel driver

)

#5 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 14:29 68kMLA

(They're the same company, right?)

makes me wonder too, also is the Hyundai shipping company the same too??

#6 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 16:05 68kMLA

Good thing GM don't make ram then 'eh?

I don't have any luck with Hyundai RAM, I have a few cards sitting in the cupboard which have all been pretty dodgy.

#7 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 - 20:40 68kMLA

heh yeah hyundai cars suck, seems to me though there ram has had better luck then samsung ive had shitty luck with samsung products uggh. anyways glad your imac is alive i still got my made in the ole USA Bondi Blue iMac with a rev D board runs great! my purple 333 is made in singapore must be why a chunk of phosphor came off from inside the crt and when you shut it off emits a beam of light where the phosphor came off.

#8 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 14:52 68kMLA

Good thing GM don't make ram then 'eh?

Hahaha, that was great. You beat me to it. :lol:

#9 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 15:41 68kMLA

I have great luck with no name and Crucial.

#10 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 - 06:13 68kMLA

Oh boy... another possible cause my overclock is failing... Hyundai RAM. Testing now with the pc133 and the toshiba pc100 chips (total 512mb), running for 1:30 hours. No problems so far.

Edit: Dang! too soon.