I bought an iMac G3 400mhz off of eBay, and when I received it it was busted all to hell :/ I began taking it apart to try to get the floating plastic out of the machine so I could get a good picture to make a claim with postal, and most of the case fell apart on me
I have the bottom of the pc (covering the CD slot and HDD enclosure) and I have about 1/3 of the blue colored casing above the CRT TV. All of the internal plastic casing snapped apart and I don't think there is any real way for me to salvage all of this. The CRT is not attached to anything. When I flip the machine over to open it up, the CRT falls, and when I flip it back upright the CRT falls down onto the mobo. I am worried these erratic (and frickin heavy) movements can't be good for the rest of the system.
A couple of ideas I have. I don't know if there is any way to anchor the CRT down with what I have left, but I could just get rid of it altogether? The mobo has VGA out, so I could just use it hooked up to a monitor. Although I'm not sure where the PSU is kept on this thing.
Any other thoughts or ideas on what I can do?
I have the bottom of the pc (covering the CD slot and HDD enclosure) and I have about 1/3 of the blue colored casing above the CRT TV. All of the internal plastic casing snapped apart and I don't think there is any real way for me to salvage all of this. The CRT is not attached to anything. When I flip the machine over to open it up, the CRT falls, and when I flip it back upright the CRT falls down onto the mobo. I am worried these erratic (and frickin heavy) movements can't be good for the rest of the system.
A couple of ideas I have. I don't know if there is any way to anchor the CRT down with what I have left, but I could just get rid of it altogether? The mobo has VGA out, so I could just use it hooked up to a monitor. Although I'm not sure where the PSU is kept on this thing.
Any other thoughts or ideas on what I can do?
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