Spoke too soon, of course. One minute I'm surfing along happy as Larry, next minute *poof* - dead as a doornail. No power, no chime, no lights, nada.
So I grab the nearest donor slot-loading iMac (a lowly 350). After three hours of wrassling with stripped screws, no manual and a stripped screwdriver, jumping around like a monkey with a medicine ball to shake out all the crumbled plastics and loose screws, it's up and running again with the power supply from the 350.
Handy tip: the perforated ventilation cover from over the RAM slots on the base makes a convenient place to keep your screws. You can drop or lightly twist them into the holes in positions relative to where you got them out of the Mac. That makes it easier to remember where they go back.
I have it propped up now on the front foot (which I didn't before) and a small block of wood to allow better cool air intake from underneath. I'll consider adding a fan as well, perhaps a small one blowing air over the power supply itself.
Question: If I run with an external monitor, can I switch off or sleep the internal display? If so, will this take some of the strain off the power supply and/or reduce the internal temperature?
I have to concur: the grey plastic CRT surround in these is appalling. Can it be re-assembled without it? It seemed not, from my explorations; it seems to be the lynchpin holding all the other plastics together.
So I grab the nearest donor slot-loading iMac (a lowly 350). After three hours of wrassling with stripped screws, no manual and a stripped screwdriver, jumping around like a monkey with a medicine ball to shake out all the crumbled plastics and loose screws, it's up and running again with the power supply from the 350.
Handy tip: the perforated ventilation cover from over the RAM slots on the base makes a convenient place to keep your screws. You can drop or lightly twist them into the holes in positions relative to where you got them out of the Mac. That makes it easier to remember where they go back.
I have it propped up now on the front foot (which I didn't before) and a small block of wood to allow better cool air intake from underneath. I'll consider adding a fan as well, perhaps a small one blowing air over the power supply itself.
Question: If I run with an external monitor, can I switch off or sleep the internal display? If so, will this take some of the strain off the power supply and/or reduce the internal temperature?
I have to concur: the grey plastic CRT surround in these is appalling. Can it be re-assembled without it? It seemed not, from my explorations; it seems to be the lynchpin holding all the other plastics together.