Temporary Joe
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Hello! My name's "Temporary Joe" (it originated from an error on Mac Garden, long story), and if you were on Mac Garden, you may remember me (and this post). Anyway...the weather's cooling down and traditionally, this is the time to play old Mac games (for me), from a tradition years old. But I can't really, and while I can fire up SheepShaver and/or Basilisk II for a glimpse of what things were like on my MacBook, it causes the processor to scream, and it's not the same (there's always something broken somehow). So what I want to do is put the iMac back together.
I wouldn't have considered it, but I originally reported that in this thread, that my iMac G3 (2000, slot-loading, graphite) would shut off spontaneously, giving a "whuff-whuff-whuff" noise as the fan wore down. This was determined to be the power supply going bad, so I decided that like Max, I would replace the iMac as a new stand-alone machine and dump the dying CRT while I was at it.
But not much progress has been made.
To that end, I made a video showing what I've done, which includes some parts I've dismantled. There are other parts upstairs with some other components, but I have no idea what's useful and what's not.
It is tilted, as it was originally shot on an iPhone and I had to re-encode to get from about 400MB to 14, plus it really did not record my voice well (it sounds like I'm mumbling).
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8243916/TemporaryJoeImac.MOV
My end product will be something designed like a game console. Imagine a G3-powered Pippin that goes straight to the desktop. Given how much I put on the hard drive, I think having the Launcher open with all my stuff would be most awesome.
The people at Mac Garden did give me some links, but I honestly think that the PSU is damaged beyond repair, as I reminded them that the symptoms were an abrupt shutoff of the monitor, the power button to flicker down to death, and a distinctive "whuff-whuff-whuff" sound from the fans.
I was a bit hopeful about this whole "ATX board" thing but my heart sank when a linked YouTube video mentioned "a bunch of random parts coming in from Hong Kong", as I was under the assumption it was something simple I can pick up on Amazon. If I managed to get a replacement board for the iMac G3 (which I'm not even 100% sure if that little board is the problem, the capacitors aren't obviously bulging or whatever), I'm afraid that if I try to rewire it for standard VGA connection, the power that would supply the monitor has nowhere to go, and the whole thing might blow. Admittedly, I'm not too strong on power issues, either.
Here's the original thread mentioned.
I wouldn't have considered it, but I originally reported that in this thread, that my iMac G3 (2000, slot-loading, graphite) would shut off spontaneously, giving a "whuff-whuff-whuff" noise as the fan wore down. This was determined to be the power supply going bad, so I decided that like Max, I would replace the iMac as a new stand-alone machine and dump the dying CRT while I was at it.
But not much progress has been made.
To that end, I made a video showing what I've done, which includes some parts I've dismantled. There are other parts upstairs with some other components, but I have no idea what's useful and what's not.
It is tilted, as it was originally shot on an iPhone and I had to re-encode to get from about 400MB to 14, plus it really did not record my voice well (it sounds like I'm mumbling).
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8243916/TemporaryJoeImac.MOV
My end product will be something designed like a game console. Imagine a G3-powered Pippin that goes straight to the desktop. Given how much I put on the hard drive, I think having the Launcher open with all my stuff would be most awesome.
The people at Mac Garden did give me some links, but I honestly think that the PSU is damaged beyond repair, as I reminded them that the symptoms were an abrupt shutoff of the monitor, the power button to flicker down to death, and a distinctive "whuff-whuff-whuff" sound from the fans.
I was a bit hopeful about this whole "ATX board" thing but my heart sank when a linked YouTube video mentioned "a bunch of random parts coming in from Hong Kong", as I was under the assumption it was something simple I can pick up on Amazon. If I managed to get a replacement board for the iMac G3 (which I'm not even 100% sure if that little board is the problem, the capacitors aren't obviously bulging or whatever), I'm afraid that if I try to rewire it for standard VGA connection, the power that would supply the monitor has nowhere to go, and the whole thing might blow. Admittedly, I'm not too strong on power issues, either.
Here's the original thread mentioned.