second iMac G4

[antony701]

Well, the deal was simply too good to refuse, so I bought a second iMac G4, which was identical to my first one. 17-inch, 1.25GHz, USB 2 model.

(The first iMac G4 which had logic board issue was replace with the help from phreakout. thread)

 

[Cosmo]

That's a good conquest for sure! I think the 15" model looks funny, the whole setup looks better with 17" or larger screen.

 

[bibilit]

Nice,

I have one... but unfortunately this is not working properly, the screen is showing some artefacts and the Imac is not booting from any of the hard disks i have.

Most of time i can't boot from the CD

Maybe a logic board issue ?

 

[BGoins12]

The artifacts are most likely the GPU separating from the logic board.

I've noticed it's starting to become very common in the G4 iMacs.

 

[mcdermd]

You know, that's so common with iMacs in general. The G5 and Core models have issues with BGA chips separating.

It's easy to point the finger at the design but I think the wrong portion of the design is blamed. The part that is poorly thought out is that it's impossible for "normal" people to clean inside. These things get _very_ nasty inside because people can't easily open them up and dust them out. More dust = more heat = hot chips = BGA death.

 

[bibilit]

The artifacts are most likely the GPU separating from the logic board.

i can agree with that, but what about the fact that it's almost impossible to boot from a working HD ?

I get it working once, just removed the HD, drop another one, booted from the Panther cd and get a fresh install, restarted and get a working Imac for half an hour :-/

On next try, the system just freeze and never worked again properly.(of course i managed to use thermal compound where required)

 

[TheIanMan85]

I really like the design of the G4 iMacs. I've got a 1st gen 800 MHz 17" that I bought new shortly after they came out, and have given it a home on my desk since. It's sleeping on the desk in the office right now. Screen tint is a little yellowed and the arm isn't quite as tight as it once was, but I still think it's just a cool design. These days it runs 10.4 for AppleTalk support. I'm going to put OS 9 back on it one of these days.

 

[theos911]

Very Neat Conquest! I would love to find the High Power one in a 17 or 20 myself.