Power Mac 7100 deassemble

[moksienciuk]

Hey all,

how to completely deassemble Power Macintosh 7100?

 

[Unknown_K]

I think you just need a phillips and flat head screwdriver. The screws in the back allow the top of the case to come off. the metal shelf holding the cdrom , HD, and floppy comes off with one or two screws. There is a plastic piece holding the PS in, you slide that out the PS should come off. I think the motherboard has a screw or two holding it in, remove those and push down one some plastic retainers and it would slide out of the case.

Not that much to it.

 

[moksienciuk]

Thank You. Well, everything's going well, except that I can't get off this metal shelf from the back side of the 7100. Two clips are holding it. I don't want to break it up.

 

[trag]

Thank You. Well, everything's going well, except that I can't get off this metal shelf from the back side of the 7100. Two clips are holding it. I don't want to break it up.

It's been about ten years since I worked on one, but I remember it as being quite mysterious, until I figured it out and then it seemed head-slappingly simple.

I think you need to pull the power supply out before you can get that shelf out easily. Treat it like a Chinese Puzzle and examine what's holding it together carefully. There is a simple, yet non-obvious way of getting that shelf out. But as I said, try removing the power supply if it will come out, first.

Have you tried doing a Google search on PM7100 disassembly instructions?

 

[moksienciuk]

Thanks. I have finally figured it out with a little bit of help: http://lowendmac.com/macdan/md025.shtml

:beige:

 

[Damian Ward]

Here is a link of some pictures, that I took when I overhauled one of my 7100's.


Although the pictures don't give you step by step instructions, they should give you an idea what internals look like when removed. As Unknown_k said,

the 7100's are quite easy to work on, you only need a couple of screw drivers.

Good luck.