I'm going to make some last ditch efforts today to try and fix my iMac 4,1 (20 inch white intel) today. Barring a miraculous recovery, I'd like to find someone somewhere to have a second look at it. Hopefully someone with some experience inside one of these, and with some spares. I'll of course pay shipping both ways and time/materials.

maybe you can find someone local to avoid shipping/packing hassle. good luck

Do you have a local User Group?

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Carpe Vino!

Fermentation may have been a greater discovery than fire.
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Not really. Very rural Minnesota. There are local user groups but the unfortunate fact is that they are about meth and beer.

A MUG in a nearby city would be my choice.

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Or a local Mac Authorized resller? Anyone in a day's drive?

[www.google.com]

Make a day of it. Have them ship it back or pick it next weekend. At this point, what do you have to lose?

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"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
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iFixit has never done me wrong:
[www.ifixit.com]
Any chance any of the harnesses came off at the other end?

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What's wrong with it?

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RIP, Greg the DogSitter. You are missed.

Find a Mac consultant:
[consultants-locator.apple.com]

[forums.macresource.com]

I assume it was working before you tried the HD swap?
If so, can you PM me full coverage snaps inside the box?
How far from W St Paul?

As said In you earlier post, check the little wires.
In step 6 and 7 here.
[www.ifixit.com]

Make sure they are seated correctly and nothing looks strained.
Use a magnifier.

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Miles Davis



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/06/2012 02:27PM by Fritz.

Does it fully Boot?
You can press the volume up and down keys to hear if the sound works.

If it boots, but no screen, there are the LCD Data and Inverter connectors.

Steps 9 & 10
[www.ifixit.com]

The cables Fritz mentions are the camera and Microphone cables.

Is the Fan still on full? That may indicate other issues.

Coincidence---you might need to replace the PRAM Battery.

I'm off. What Ken Sp says RE those plugs. Check their seating and certainly the PRAM batt is a good idea.
MaKe sure the "extra" ram if any is seated well too.

So much in electronics is simple connection issues.
At the studios I worked at in the previous lifetime, we would reseat cards in tape machines every month.
Failed console modules were often a matter of unplug/replug.
And any gear that traveled in the mobile unit was reseated before power. Saved much headache time.
That was high end hand built gear.

I'm fairly certain that most computers today wouldn't be called high end, or hand built, or much of anything else.
Maybe only Rolls, DeMora, Bently and the like.

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"Do not fear mistakes. There are none."

Miles Davis