Got an iMac G3 350

[benjgvps]

I got a iMac G3 350 from my friend for $30 and boy was it disgusting! It made 4 q-tips black and a disinfectant wet wipe yellow and black. His parents are smokers so that doesn't help with the smell. I got 98% of the dirt and gunk off and the gunk I can't get out is this orange-ish color in the cracks on the front of the case (http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb271/benjgvps/IM000857.jpg) and I can't get it out. How would I be able to take off that section of the plastic to clean that? I also cleaned off the hard drive (Keeping the things I wanted) and reinstalled OS 9 and installed the 9.1 patch. I am going to track down the 32MB stick of ram I removed from my windows box so I will have enough Ram to play the Sims 1. I will also get a Wifi access point so I could get it online.

Here it is: http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb271/benjgvps/IM000853.jpg

 

[Christopher]

When I got mine it still had the plastic over the flip out stand.

 

[benjgvps]

Mine Too!

 

[Christopher]

I'm sure when you crack that thing open you can clean off that gunk around the seam.

 

[benjgvps]

Hmm, I might though I'm afraid of breaking it or discharging the CRT. I have never discharged a CRT before and the plastic tabs look weak. I might end up trying because that little bit of gunk is just screaming to be cleaned. I also want to put in a bigger hard drive (Eventually).

 

[Christopher]

The 350MHz and up iMac G3's are simple to open up and require not work around the CRT.

 

[benjgvps]

Will I have to work around the CRT if I am Removing and cleaning the front plastics and replacing the hard drive? Is there any step by step videos on doing this (Replacing the hard drive and removing the plastics).

 

[Christopher]

http://www.scribd.com/doc/103447/iMac-G3-Disassembly-Guide