The master/slave arrangement works like this: There can be a maximum of 2 devices on one IDE ribon cable. New drives come with instructions on how to configure them to either mas…

It is possible to have two hard disks at the same time as the cd rom drive in Rev A-D iMacs because the original HD and CDROM are on different IDE busses. Each IDE bus can have two…

what about temporarily connecting a second hard drive - just to transfer the files - while the imac is disassembled? Is that a bad idea, considering that all of the parts would be…

What happened to www.imac2day.com? PLEASE HELP I just bought a hard drive today, expecting to do this. Last I checked this site was up, but it was a while back. It had the exa…

Wow... so funny that a full year after posting this thread, I get a reply in my email. Also funny that after all the advice I collected, I decided to forgo the process of putting …

Well i figured it would be safe to go to at least 400 MHz because of the iMac DV and iMac DV Se models. So you think i could go up to 450 MHz? Last but not least I told you I was n…

Hey Cal422, by all means take no offense by anything anyone here says to you. We all just post to eachother in good fun although some of us can BE REALLY RUDE!!!!.....at times....…

You didnt tell us what kind of computer you have, so we dont know WTF yer talking about. enlighten me, I'll see if I can help. Ca$h

H ehas a blueberry 350 ca$h. It was in his other post that now seems to have disappeared. People were a little bit rude to him, so play nice.

disappeared? http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/Foru...ML/000057.html there ya go

Quote: Originally posted by cal422: Well i figured it would be safe to go to at least 400 MHz because of the iMac DV and iMac DV Se models. So you think i could go up to…

Before you ask, theoretical max temperature (according to Motorola) is 180F, but I'd maybe start to worry at around 155F-165F. Stay Frosty!

Hey Cal, this is my advice. Ok, I am NOT trying to be rude, so dont get mad or anything, but right now you dont really know anything. Like.... at all... so here's what I would d…

Hey. I have the 9mg .pdf file on how to disassemble the iMac, but I cant figure it out. How do you get the front lower panel off? The part with the speakers? It says you just…

You need to pull the tabs away from the case, not push towards it. It took me a while to figure this out. Get a pair of needle nose pliars and pinch the little clip as you pull t…

what pdf file are you talking about? Where can i get it?

thanks so far... but what little clip? Do you mean the plastic tabs on the side? Or what? Ca$h

Ca$h: Why are you taking apart your iMac again? ------------------ Why 1394 won't be like "1394".

Please post the URL for the guidelines for disassembling your iMac.+ ------------------ ---- iMac DV SE Graphite 500 mhz G3, 512 mb, 75 gb

I've taken this off a couple times, it's pretty basic stuff. You can remove the front lower panel first, but i've found it easier to pull out the mobo/HD/CD tray and remove the low…

this discussion made me remeber, has anyone heard of talkin that metal sheilding off of the moniter board on the sides so it has a better look(in my opinion). I have always wanted …

Its RF shielding. Mine is coming off. I already got rid of the RF cage on my processor, so my heatsink works EXTRA good now. One thing...when I turn my volume MAX, I can he…

so i can take it off? and nothing will get all screwed up? i can barely tune in radio stations as it is with an antenna so like my little imac will tune them in. i lost that little…

I was wondering if it is possible to get more video ram in an original iMac I read in another forum something about apple taking the video ram slot out, does that mean it can be do…

If I'm not mistaken (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), the rev A came with 2 MB VRAM with the possibility of 6. Adding the extra four would not, as far as I know, requi…