Are imacs or mac mini's good for prepress

[Joe]

My iMac has a bad ODD (Optical Disk Drive) fan. It's working but it's noisy as hell. Sounds like the bearings are shot. So how hard do you think it is to replace this little bugger? Follow the yellow brick road here.

Installing iMac Intel 20" EMC 2105 and 2118 Optical Drive Fan

Wish me luck.

As Peter Sellers said, in The Pink Panther, "Oh deary, deary me!"

Have you got a collage on the wall of all those shots? Arrows...flowchart? They really are not made for the upgrade/repair path, are they.   :undecided:    You probably got all the tools, but son got the little OWC tool case, replete with spudgers, etc. For a few bucks, well worth it. Got his MacBook open and shut, no worries.

Um...sounds lame, but good luck.

Further thought. If you use an old Amex card, you may get some Karl Malden karma.

No, actually I don't have the torx screwdrivers needed. I have been looking for a good set but didn't think to look at OWC. I will check theirs out. Thanks for the tip. I haven't ordered the fan yet. Mainly because I haven't been able to find it. :sad:

[Joe]

BINGO! I'm ordering this:

11-Piece Portable Toolkit



$17.95 - Can't go wrong there.

[frailer]

Aye, that be the one, lad.   :wink:

[Grimace]

My iMac has a bad ODD (Optical Disk Drive) fan. It's working but it's noisy as hell. Sounds like the bearings are shot. So how hard do you think it is to replace this little bugger? Follow the yellow brick road here.

Installing iMac Intel 20" EMC 2105 and 2118 Optical Drive Fan

Wish me luck.

As Peter Sellers said, in The Pink Panther, "Oh deary, deary me!"

Have you got a collage on the wall of all those shots? Arrows...flowchart? They really are not made for the upgrade/repair path, are they.   :undecided:    You probably got all the tools, but son got the little OWC tool case, replete with spudgers, etc. For a few bucks, well worth it. Got his MacBook open and shut, no worries.

Um...sounds lame, but good luck.

Further thought. If you use an old Amex card, you may get some Karl Malden karma.

No, actually I don't have the torx screwdrivers needed. I have been looking for a good set but didn't think to look at OWC. I will check theirs out. Thanks for the tip. I haven't ordered the fan yet. Mainly because I haven't been able to find it. :sad:

Joe, the main thing I can offer about tearing apart an iMac, DO NOT touch the LCD screen once the protective glass is off.
It sounds like a no brainer, but you'll find putting it all back together there is little room to hold the screen in place while replacing screws. If you can get someone to help, you should.
I have a thumb print just visible in my upper left edge, only visible with some images, green for some reason shows it, but only if you know to look for it.
I've not been able to clean it off with the Apple supplied "soft towel" either, and it looks like the screen will scratch very easily.

[Joe]

My iMac has a bad ODD (Optical Disk Drive) fan. It's working but it's noisy as hell. Sounds like the bearings are shot. So how hard do you think it is to replace this little bugger? Follow the yellow brick road here.

Installing iMac Intel 20" EMC 2105 and 2118 Optical Drive Fan

Wish me luck.

As Peter Sellers said, in The Pink Panther, "Oh deary, deary me!"

Have you got a collage on the wall of all those shots? Arrows...flowchart? They really are not made for the upgrade/repair path, are they.   :undecided:    You probably got all the tools, but son got the little OWC tool case, replete with spudgers, etc. For a few bucks, well worth it. Got his MacBook open and shut, no worries.

Um...sounds lame, but good luck.

Further thought. If you use an old Amex card, you may get some Karl Malden karma.

No, actually I don't have the torx screwdrivers needed. I have been looking for a good set but didn't think to look at OWC. I will check theirs out. Thanks for the tip. I haven't ordered the fan yet. Mainly because I haven't been able to find it. :sad:

Joe, the main thing I can offer about tearing apart an iMac, DO NOT touch the LCD screen once the protective glass is off.
It sounds like a no brainer, but you'll find putting it all back together there is little room to hold the screen in place while replacing screws. If you can get someone to help, you should.
I have a thumb print just visible in my upper left edge, only visible with some images, green for some reason shows it, but only if you know to look for it.
I've not been able to clean it off with the Apple supplied "soft towel" either, and it looks like the screen will scratch very easily.

Thanks for the info. It seems my ODD sensor is not working causing it to run full tilt at 5000 rpm. I'm afraid just putting in a new fan will result in the same problem if the fan continues to run at full speed. Not having any luck at figuring out how to change the sensor. It appears, if I'm looking at the right thing, it is built into the logic board and we know what that means.

[David]

need to borrow my BFH?

[youston]

BINGO! I'm ordering this:

11-Piece Portable Toolkit



$17.95 - Can't go wrong there.

Sayyyy ... you gonna be needing those hemostats? 

[Joe]

Yes, don't want to burn my fingers. :evil:

[youston]

Yes, don't want to burn my fingers. :evil:

That's okay ... I guess after today I can buy my own!

[David]

why don't you whittle you a set...
or get Tap to do it...   in his "spare" time

[frailer]

BINGO! I'm ordering this:

11-Piece Portable Toolkit



$17.95 - Can't go wrong there.

Sayyyy ... you gonna be needing those hemostats? 

                Artery locking forceps, to us.    :cheesy:   You been watching too much ER/Grey's Anat.

[tapdn]

Roach clips to us some.

[Farabomb]

Been a while since I rolled something. Except my quad.

[gnubler]

At least you're not rolling pedestrians like a certain other member here. :cheesy:

[frailer]

If I recall correctly, a pedestrian rolled under his wheel. He's a b4p member, so we accept his version.   Our main concern are the ambulance-chasing um...attorneys, I think you call them there.