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iMac Intel freebee

68kMLA Hardware 13 posts Mar 17, 2012 to Mar 19, 2012

#1 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 01:47 68kMLA

Someone that works for the local dump trashpicked an iMac. I still dont know much about it yet, other than the screen is cracked. But I noticed it started up very quickly to a login screen which is mostly hidden beyond the modern-art of cracked-ness. but the HDD is there and boots nevertheless. it looks in good shape. no cracks or dings. just very dirty from being in the trash.

I looked on the bottom, it said iMac 17"/2.0/1GB/160gb/BT/AP/SD or something like that. The copyright said 2006. So this must be an Intel! Here I thought it was a G5 but i could be wrong.

#2 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 02:07 68kMLA

Sounds like a 2.0GHz G5 iMac with the '06 date.

#3 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 03:44 68kMLA

2006 was intel. early 2006 they had coreduo, mid-late 2006 (my mom's) was core2duo. I know this as the last G5 was 2005. And they didn't ship with 1GB RAM, nor BT/AP/SD standard.

I believe the options for 2006 if mid-late 2006 would've been 1.83Ghz/2.0Ghz

G5's were 1.6/1.8/2.1ghz I think but they shipped with between 256-512MB RAM standard.

EDIT: has to be core2duo, january 2006 is when the intel imacs came out. and I don't think 17" were available in coreduo editions, only 20"

Also, G5's were 2.1Ghz, not 2.0Ghz

#4 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 04:47 68kMLA

Whoa! Nice save... Sounds like you could tuck it behind an external monitor as an extra cheap fix. I bet you can get parts here or eBay without breaking the bank and have yourself a decent iMac on the cheap.

#5 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 08:16 68kMLA

EDIT: has to be core2duo, january 2006 is when the intel imacs came out. and I don't think 17" were available in coreduo editions, only 20"

17-inch and 20-inch versions were available with Intel Core Duos right from the start. I have two.

Cracked screen 'eh? Sounds like a perfect candidate for a UniMac conversion... I plan to install one of the high resolution displays to my display-less 17-inch Core 2 Duo model when the funds become available. Not as cheap as finding a donor unit or a second hand replacement screen, but certainly more reliable and still 3x cheaper than Apple's base price for a 17-inch LCD replacement.

#6 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 16:23 68kMLA

I meant the 2.0Ghz version. Apple lists 1.83Ghz for coreduo 17" and up to 2.0Ghz for 20".

#7 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 16:29 68kMLA

Looks like mine may have had a transplant. Verified this and you do appear to be correct.

#8 Sat, 17 Mar 2012 - 19:24 68kMLA

the unimac. yea, i helped a little tiny bit on that endeavor and watched that whole thread unfold while that was being developed. i believe it was over at iFixit. I dont have the external monitor adapter, so i am going to have to rip this apart to find out whats inside it i guess.

Edit: it was.

http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/28610/Do+any+other+LCD+panels+work+with+this+iMac

#9 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 - 20:17 68kMLA

I meant the 2.0Ghz version. Apple lists 1.83Ghz for coreduo 17" and up to 2.0Ghz for 20".

You could BTO faster CPUs in the 17-inch iMacs. I had a Core2 with a 2.16GHz chip in it. Not sure how important it was over a 2.0GHz (which was the stock config on the model I got) but at the time, I was incredibly into that extra 160MHz.

#10 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 - 00:21 68kMLA

is the CPU socketed in this model? I havent taken mine apart yet to find out.

#11 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 - 01:10 68kMLA

If it's the core2duo or coreduo whites, yes they are. I can confirm that. My mom's is and people talked about the coreduo being upgradeable by dropping a core2duo into it.

#12 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 - 02:49 68kMLA

ok. Well tomorrow when I get off work i will rip this guy apart and see what it has. Curiosity is getting the better of me.

#13 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 - 04:07 68kMLA

You should be able to slot a T7200 (1.83 GHz), T7400 (2.16 GHz) or T7600 (2.33 GHz) Core 2 Duo into there with no issues whatsoever. I used to have a 17" 1.83 GHz Core Duo iMac (T2400) that I upgraded with a T7400.