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Sounds like a better idea. Blowing instead. I'll do that.

It's just sitting on the floor on a towel waiting right now. This might be a project I'll have to do on my next day off.

Oh, yeah don't worry.

This thing is so old, it's just going to end up being another old Mac from the last 10 years I don't even use. Along with my iBook G3 and my Bondi iMac G3.

Well, I probably made a huge tiny mistake. I got it clean as I could last night. It will never be 100% clean. That smoke is pretty much sealed to the casing. But I got rid of the bunnies.

Sadly now that I have it all back together, it won't turn back on. I don't know why. I can't tell if I forgot to hook something up, I don't think I did, I remember connecting and making sure of everything.

I'd go back in, but god dammit! The four screws that hold the base on are a size slightly larger than the closest torx I have. So now they're all stripped. Meaning the case is sealed forever. Unless I take a drill to it. Which I won't.

The catch 22 is if I hadn't opened it up, it would have died soon anyway. But I don't know if it's dead. I think it was a loose connection. Ugh! I gotta get back inside!

Also while I was cleaning the fan, I broke off one of the blades. Ugh! What the hell? It's dirty as hell on the outside and in, it's 6 years old, it's dying slowly. But I love it. I can't let it go! And no one will ever buy it.

An which one would be used for the iMac G4?

Also... I think I remembered what I forgot to do. I forgot to connect the two power supply units together. I don't remember reconnecting them. I remember disconnecting them, but not reconnecting them.

I think. But I can't do anything about it because I can't even get inside.

Is that what you use when you have screwed the situation and want to unscrew it?

I already got it thanks. I found a Torq of the exact size I needed that fit in the hole perfectly. It's not a bit so I couldn't use it on my power drill, I had to use my arms and manually rotate the screwdriver. *sigh* Around and around my arms went to get them out and back in. All that work. What good is technology if I still ended up using my hands? /sarcasm

I was right. It was indeed the power supply. I knew I didn't connect it back up. I remembered specifically having to separate them so when I replayed the reassembly in my head I remembered not plugging it back in. Funny it was easier to disassemble and reassemble the second time. I don't see why this is a hated design. It was easier to work with than the G3 iMac's I've taken apart. And lighter too.

you see why I always work in a vacumn now.

I cleaned out my G4 tower the day I opened it and put a new hard drive in. Of course my tower sits on the floor, where the dog fur and dust collect.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET AN ANTI-STATIC MAT AND WRIST STRAP.

My impression is that electronics aren't as sensible as that.... At least considering the handeling : faillure rate my  friends and I have had. Maybe we've just been lucky, but it's been over ten years of tinkering.
edit: I do touch the sink or the central heating for discharging myself though.

Last edited by pirloui (2008-09-12 5:16 pm)

As for the case discoloration, try a Mr. Clean Eraser. It works magic more often than not, and it won't make it worse.