Recent content by computerz2000

I'll take another look and update everyone. And lol...definitely not.

I tried with only the smaller RAM and only the mobo RAM different times, using the PMU button & PRAM reset on the keyboard. Still same results. No screen and a beep. I ordered a duplicate of the stick of RAM I currently have on the mobo via eBay. So let's cross our fingers. I'm worried the RAM...

Hmm. I will double check. Everything looked normal when I originally cleaned off the old paste though but it's worth trying again. Did you have an issue where your screen wouldn't come on and instead of a start-up sound you were getting a beep? Right now it's in a state where the screen won't...

No, the internal RAM was not upgraded. The board itself and the RAM slot look normal, other than having the broken RAM clip. I'm starting to suspect that because the thermal paste turned into a cement and I pulled the top and bottom half apart with some force/the thermal bar bent, it may have...

Did more testing... Caps lock key does not light up. Mouse LED does. I manually opened the optical drive to get the disc out. I tried booting up without the hard drive and optical drive plugged into mobo. Still no picture. Mobo connections all look fine and I don't see anything unplugged. I...

Preview pic (after clean and before OS reinstall): I bought this iMac from someone else. I opened the iMac to replace the battery on the mobo and clean it. I also added ram into the extra slot. I put it back together and it was working well (see pic). Since I bought it from someone else, I...