I had an old E machine with a similar problem...from the word " go" , you would hear random loud arcs, and the screen would flicker...the high voltage connection at the CRT was loose, and no silicone grease. Side note..that high voltage silicone grease is a corrosion preventing glop as well. Two jobs ago, we used it on light bulb bases ( thin layer!) If equipment used in harsh environmental conditions ( trucks and tractors used as snow removal equipment)...no more bulbs corroded into sockets...
@GeekmanCA Жыл бұрын
Sean your anguish while working with those plastic snaps was something I felt deep in my soul. Even when I'm opening modern computers for my day job I'm always mortified I'm going to break one of them and not be able to get the machine back together properly. I hate tabs so much.
@sulliops Жыл бұрын
This is me working on any repair. I know a fair bit about repair, yet I still manage to break something every time. I can't imagine working on those particular plastic tabs.
@orestes1984 Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine that the revision A and Revision B almost used a standard monitor cable and were basically computers rather than "all in ones?" later models revised that...
@gustiwidyanta5492 Жыл бұрын
Good old Apple
@sjgrall Жыл бұрын
Surprised me the first time I took one apart
@orestes1984 Жыл бұрын
@@gustiwidyanta5492 this is back when Apple were still thinking about the possibilities of expansions. I think a lot of this was a rush to market though. There are so many features of the Rev. A And B iMacs that just scream…. I wasn’t quite ready for market but we’re going to launch anyway….
@sjgrall Жыл бұрын
@@orestes1984 my understanding is it’s the DB-15 video connector used on 80’s and 90’s Macs, nothing special. However, what it can drive is likely dependent on the video chipset in your revision (A-D), and Apple could also have hard coded in the values potentially in software. I vaguely recall others having success connecting an external monitor this way when the internal display wasn’t working.
@grevillewhittle9771 Жыл бұрын
It was a standard Mac video port. Someone modded a 21"mac crt and fitted the iMac computer parts (from the slide out tray) into it, sorry I can't find the links. I plugged a mac to VGA adapter in the port when the internal CRT started to die and used a 17" crt with it.
@MichaelAStanhope Жыл бұрын
we need all of the shenanigans!
@UpLateGeek Жыл бұрын
Yeah, they need the x-ray warning because those larger CRTs require >20kV anode voltage, which creates some x-rays when the electrons strike the phosphor. The front glass in the tube is usually leaded, which shields the user from the x-rays, but operating the CRT with the rear shielding removed will allow some small amount of x-rays to escape. You'd probably get a lot more radiation from a dental x-ray, so it's probably not worth worrying about unless you're standing to the side of an unshielded CRT for an extended period. But you smartly put the shielding back for testing, so absolutely no issues there. Cheaper monitors won't have that shielding, but they're usually designed to direct the x-rays towards the rear of the monitor rather than to the sides. And again the doses are so low that standing a couple of metres away would probably only be marginally over background levels of exposure. I imagine a teacher standing in front of a classroom of monitors with their rears towards them may receive a higher dosage, but we're still talking around the level of a chest x-ray or so per year, which is well within the safe allowable dosage for a normal adult.
@RicardoRamosRetrocomputacao Жыл бұрын
The only problem I usually see in these imacs is the accumulation of dust + humidity, which over time ends up becoming conductive. A simple cleaning of the flyback tube and cable will solve the problem. But it is an extremely dangerous process, I recommend that you leave your equipment turned off for a few weeks before disassembling, as the tube and flyback can store a lot of voltage even when unplugged. Or, if you have some experience, discharge them using a screwdriver and a ground wire.
@Mueller3D Жыл бұрын
Most modern equipment has bleeder resistors on big capacitors and CRTs, so usually leaving things off for an hour is plenty. Of course, it's always best safety practice to not depend on this until you know it to be the case. Measure the capacitors, and discharge the CRTs with a chassis ground wire with a 1M-ohm inline resistor.
@charliesretrocomputing Жыл бұрын
He discharged it off-camera.
@simonzinc-trumpetharris852 Жыл бұрын
Short to ground.
@bitsmasher101 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else living Saturday to Saturday, just waiting in anticipation to see what atrocity will be carried out next on a retro Mac? Just me?
@CasioMaker Жыл бұрын
Not just you. I wait for the end of my shift at work, to sit down and enjoy some shenanigans
@WarthogRacer Жыл бұрын
My middle school had some tray loading G3s iMacs, despite being a Windows school. They had bondi blue and orange ones. I remember one year, there was a mix of both tray and slot loading iMacs. So there were computers with puck mice and the newer magic ones.
@nixonhoover2 Жыл бұрын
Could you watch gay porn on them?
@lambertovitali3152 Жыл бұрын
I sold all my school's ones. £50 each in 2007. Seems they're worth £150 now, should have stored them somewhere.
@tookitogo Жыл бұрын
6:14 I worked at a couple of little Apple resellers back in 1999 (and as a Mac consultant after that) and sold many CRT iMacs, and RAM upgrades were a common option at the time of purchase and in the years after. We never used a pick to get the case off: just flip up the handle where the screw is, and tug on the handle. It sounds like it’s tearing, but it comes right off. All of the translucent plastic is polycarbonate, not ABS, so it doesn’t hurt it. You definitely don’t need to worry about breaking it! (Unlike the opaque ABS inside, which you saw was yellowed and brittle.)
@sbrazenor2 Жыл бұрын
I'm always impressed by the collection of rare Sonnet stuff you're able to find. I used the frame by frame view on KZbin to see the box. 🤣
@GeFeldz Жыл бұрын
I just spammed my spacebar and, who'da'thunkit, there was a clear frame there visible within a couple of seconds =D
@HubrisInc Жыл бұрын
let's face it, when Sean teases a rare upgrade, ten to one it's gonna be a Sonnet
@sbrazenor2 Жыл бұрын
@@GeFeldz if you hit 'K' it pauses the video and then the , and . buttons advance a single frame backwards and forwards. It's less of a pain than using space to try to get a lucky frame lock.
@KiraSlith Жыл бұрын
These cards are silly expensive for hobby play to just get 1, let alone owning multiple.
@sbrazenor2 Жыл бұрын
@@KiraSlith just about everything that company makes is always expensive. I was looking at some of their thunderbolt computer accessories at various times and those are expensive. Their specialty hardware for niche processor upgrades has always been astronomical. And as the stuff gets older and more rare it's just going to be worse. While I have some hardware that is compatible with those niche parts, I've mostly kept everything period correct and unchanged from stock specifications. When I want to use something more powerful, I just can. (If a G3 doesn't have the power I need, a G4 will. If that doesn't cover what I need, a dual G5 should, etc.) I have all of tiers of Apple products covered from 68K, to PowerPC, Intel, and even up into M-series. (The trick is to buy when it's bottomed out in price, before anyone thinks of it as a collectible.) 😁👍
@ericwood3709 Жыл бұрын
I have that exact machine. And that exact problem. Not eager to attempt all that work on it, especially since I've never done a thing with solder.
@nukfauxsho Жыл бұрын
That flickering sometimes is caused by the deflection IC failing or bad joints on it. We used to work on those all the time on Sony and Toshibas.
@ConorBurrow Жыл бұрын
I’ve got exactly the same issue on my Bondi G3 and you’ve inspired me to give it a go and fix it myself 😊 still have the original keyboard and puck mouse! Will let you know how I get on hopefully it’s the same simple fix without having to replace the transformer…
@ActionRetro Жыл бұрын
Awesome good luck!
@JaymeEduardo Жыл бұрын
@@ActionRetro I think you should replace the flyback anyway, it will fail at some point and you will need to crack this thing open again. Had mine replaced back in 2018 and still rocks with BSD. Take extra care with the inner grey plastic, specially in the lower parts where the acrylic fits, and with the CD faceplate. I always remove the cd faceplate before opening it, less prone to break it.
@NightWolfx03 Жыл бұрын
So the X-Ray warning is because if the tube ever operates at too high of a voltage, it will start emiting X-Rays so there's alot of protections and parts in there that have to be replaced with the right parts to prevent this.
@lambertovitali3152 Жыл бұрын
Safety third.
@gkhaled1 Жыл бұрын
These videos warm my heart and remind me of a wonderful time of my life. Keep ‘em coming Sean.
@nixonhoover2 Жыл бұрын
A time in your life you watched gae porn?
@Wind5387 Жыл бұрын
Had the exact issue on my rev A iMac when I first got it, but the previous owner said it had been sitting for years and it was pretty dusty inside. I blew out the dust and would let the computer run for a good 30-60 mins a day and eventually the flickering just about went away (it still happens but very infrequently now). Nice video!
@ray_mck Жыл бұрын
I used my Rev. A (bought for release day) Bondi Blue until one day, instead of making those little zaps and flicker, it made a LOUD zap and never turned on again. It's been in storage since, and I'm really dreading opening it again after all these years. The plastic sounds cracking when it when it was new were terrifying enough. If I recall correctly, there was an Apple Tech Note saying the horrible cracking sound was correct when opening these. Now with brittle plastic, it's even more nerve-wracking. :(
@userperson5259 Жыл бұрын
Those computers really are super neat. I used a Windows PC at the time and used to mock my many Mac user friends at college because they were sort of slow in comparison. But those computers offered so much more than just horsepower. They were and are beautiful and were a joy to use.
@morecrappysketches Жыл бұрын
Ah, a Harmoni G3. You got me all excited thinking you had one of the Voodoo 2 mezzanine cards!
@ActionRetro Жыл бұрын
Spoilers 😬
@LotoTheHero Жыл бұрын
Hey! 90's grime is the best kind of grime! We called it "Grunge". 😉
@garrykanter5773 Жыл бұрын
First thing I've watched today, and in no time Sean does that "sneak preview"! Great start to my YT watching!!
@reecepeart Жыл бұрын
Thank you for pronouncing Bondi correctly!
@another3997 Жыл бұрын
"Well, all the way back to life. It's not dead". Knowing how you approach most repairs, I was half expecting you to say "... yet!"
@TimothyCizadlo Жыл бұрын
That moment when you pause the video, rewind, and watch at 1/4th speed to see what the box he teased was. It's a Sonnet Harmoni G3 card.
@JaredConnell Жыл бұрын
This was the first computer i bought with my own money when i was a teenager. I loved it so much but i never opened it up so it's cool to see you do it. When i finally sold it, i had a usb hard drive that went with it and the dude i sold it to opened the computer right up and popped in the external hard drive like it was nothing. I was so amazed and msd at myself that i never thought to do it lol. Thanks for the blast from the past!
@wagnerpanther Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your follow up video with more shenanigans as I recently acquired the same Rev B with the same Harmoni 600 Ghz upgrade from someone that oddly enough was aware of the update being there but likely unaware of its value, so I got the entire thing for less than 100 USD. This Rev B is incredibly picky when it comes to SSD's: * the red Startech IDE to SATA adaptor causes the computer to not even do the chime * the cheap IDE to SATA adaptor (with the master/slave pin) works but disc can't be formatted with any OS 8/9/10. I have tried at least five SSD (8GB, 32GB, 64GB, 120GB x 2) * the only thing that kind of seems to work for now is a cheap BIG RESERVOIR 16GB IDE SSD with a 40 pin to 44 pin adaptor. I can only get 8.6 and 9.22 to work though and I sometimes get odd disk errors that only DiskWarrior can fix. * 44 pin to M2 enclosure with 120GB M2 SATA SSD doesn't work using the same 40/44 pin adaptor above. I can partition the HD once but HD stops being detected by the machine after that and I can't repartition again unless I take it out. I have used a lot of the usual G3 tricks (aware of the 8gb boot partition limit, have tried cable/master settings whenever available, etc.). I may end up sticking to a 7200rpm GB as I have several in multiple sizes (40, 80, 120) but I am often more interested in the set-up process than in actually enjoying the final product. :)
@willyarma_uk Жыл бұрын
I heard that if you have a CRT thats doing that crack thing, it sometimes fixes itself if you just leave it on for a while, it happened to the iMac i bought and worked. That said the cracking was much smaller than what you were getting.
@zh84 Жыл бұрын
Oh, the flyback transformer! That failed on my 1988-vintage Macintosh Plus, and the display closed up into a vertical line. Interesting it was a problem that continued ten years later.
@puciohenzap891 Жыл бұрын
Can you explain more about that dielectric grease? By the way - LMAO moment on 15:13. "Got 'em!"
@rigues Жыл бұрын
Had exactly the same problem on my Rev. B in 2003, had to send it to be serviced. Great little machine, my writing career started with an article about installing Linux on it. Sadly, the machine isn't working anymore since my cats dropped it from a table. The internal plastics cracked/shattered, but the external ones and monitor are fine. However, when I try to turn it on the power LED just stays orange, no chime. I'm hoping it is just a mistake I made when reassembling it, but currently I'm lacking the patience for a disassembly. And I do not have a good place for it, so I'm considering putting it up "for adoption". I had the box with the complete accessory kit (discs and manuals) until a few weeks ago, but this was on a shed that got damaged by a summer storm, and I had to throw the kit out. 😓
@Drucklufttroete Жыл бұрын
The ball passing through the flipper may have been because Space Cadet relies on x87 floating point calculations that maybe aren't emulated 100% correctly in your PC emulator.
@willkelly4701 Жыл бұрын
Did u mean x86 as in the architecture or an opcode called x87
@Drucklufttroete Жыл бұрын
@@willkelly4701 All x86 CPUs before the 486DX didn't support floating point and needed an external FPU, for example an 8087. Later CPUs have this built in, but the floating point instruction set is still called x87.
@nixonhoover2 Жыл бұрын
Nerd.
@ZeroHourProductions407 Жыл бұрын
These shenanigans would make Steve Woz proud. And anger Steve jobs to no known bounds. On that principle, I would call this endeavor a double win. 🎉
@rebootretro Жыл бұрын
Glad you were successful! I have a dead parts unit (early Blueberry) I was going to offer you the analog board if you couldn't get yours going. My experience is that usually you can see fractured solder joints; if they looked fine, I'm thinking the goop corrected leakage and arcing. And yes, those things are sooo brittle these days! I cringe every time I take one apart!
@slembcke Жыл бұрын
Boy, that brings back the feels. I took apart soooo many of those 20 years ago when I worked at a local repair shop. I got pretty quick at it eventually. Every time there was a big lightning storm that came through there were a handful of machines that would come in with bum power supplies, and a handful of those would be iMacs that had to be entirely disassembled to replace that. >_
@JaymeEduardo Жыл бұрын
Replace the flyback, it will fail at some point and you will need to crack this thing open again. The more you open it , more those plastics get broken. Take extra care with the inside grey plastic that surrounds the CRT and with the CD faceplate in the front. You forgot to remove it before opening. I find it easier to always remove the it before opening it, less prone to break it. If the cd faceplate gets broken, you can 3dprint a support. I had to replace my imac flyback, back in 2018. It rocks till this day. Boots BSD with worspace manager from openstep. I wanted to compile the CDE manager into BSD. Someone did this in the ibook g3.
@myc0p Жыл бұрын
Why did the electrical cords break up? There was no spark between them.
@Yeshy_YT2 ай бұрын
PLEASE HELP! my imac g3 (its one that doesnt have a disk tray if that helps) will go green on power button make a chime noise (NOT THE MAC STARTUP NOISE A WEIRD ONE) then it wont do anything the screen remains blank! and the power button will flash green a bit, please how do i get it to work???
@abigguitar Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if you could replace that CRT tube inside of that iMac with a flat screen and still have it work. I know the bezel is rounded to handle the shape of the CRT, but it would be awesome to upgrade the CRT screen to a flat screen and still retain this form factor.
@atomikrobot3000997 ай бұрын
Looks like my newly acquired Grape iMac (333 MHz) has the same CRT issue! Thank you for all your videos and entertainment! I will restore it!
@TranscendentalAirwaves Жыл бұрын
Man I wish I'd done this with my old Rev A Bondi Blue iMac when I had it. I had the exact same flickering issue.
@DPfen Жыл бұрын
If your mystery upgrade for the next video is a CPU/FireWire upgrade, I have that in a rev. A Bondi iMac that I acquired about a year and a half ago. 500 MHz G3 with FireWire port...but I had to remove the FireWire daughter card as it was causing the computer to slow to an unusable crawl for some reason and was unable to diagnose, so I will be curious to see if that is indeed the upgrade and if you were able to get it all working properly.
@reedreinfeld3737 Жыл бұрын
*FLICKERS* “Damn it!”
@luridsorcerer Жыл бұрын
Nice video! I just picked one of these up yesterday and it has the same problem. Hoping a simple cleanup will fix it as well; seems like it may have been stored in a garage or basement for many years and it's filthy inside and out.
@robert1975031 Жыл бұрын
yes have had to scrap one of these because the internal plastic had degraded so badly, it was like eggshells and cracked in multiple places. it makes me wonder if anyone has figured out a way to 3d print one of these frames.
@puwazatza Жыл бұрын
10:48 when South Korea was the factory for the world. LG made these iMacs back in 1998 and it clearly shows Korean printing over the connectors.
@guardianbob Жыл бұрын
I used to have a Rev. C 333mhz iMac G3 Tangerine. I gave it to my girlfriend-at-the-time's family because they didn't have anything and I had just gotten a new G4. We broke up like a month later. I think about that iMac constantly, and have no idea what happened to it. It was an awful decision. Hug your Macs while you've got 'em, folks.
@agnel473 ай бұрын
Regardless, she should've returned it.
@guardianbob3 ай бұрын
@@agnel47 her kid brother was using it for school and stuff... i didn't have the heart to try to ask for it back.
@alextirrellRI Жыл бұрын
This is great to know. We have several old iMacs in storage and I know this is becoming an issue. I'm maybe more worried about the brittle internal frames at the moment -- I've seem some horror pictures on Facebook. Also, I have a Studio Display coming soon - I know this is an issue for them as well -- very curious if a reflow and grease job is all that will need as well?
@goddessesstartrekonlinefle3061 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your G3 journey with us all!😄
@antonsteijn30274 ай бұрын
Adrian’s digital basement style goggles 😅 nice! My retro hero.
@dmcintosh1967 Жыл бұрын
I have CTX monitor that I found at my grandad's in a barn. It was filthy but after a good cleaning it worked and had very sharp picture so it must not have been used much. The monitor worked for a while until the vertical drive IC got could solder joints. Which made the vertical almost collapse and lose sync signal. After I resolder the chip the monitor worked again just like it did when I got it.
@cmantac6588 Жыл бұрын
As always great video!!! Love the old apple tech and sending support from Pittsburgh!! Keep up the great work and content!
@philiphandforth4390 Жыл бұрын
I actually have my own shenanigans to look forward to. After watching your videos for a while I wanted to add a mac to my retro collection and decided to get an imac g3 and my luck so far has been....... Not good lol. The first one I bought I got delivered and the delivery company decided that it would benefit from a thorough kicking and the second one I bought went from fully functional to dead as a doornail in the space of a single car trip so yeah not a lot of luck on that front. My plan is to salvage both systems and Frankenstein together a functional one, wish me luck.
@adamreid5901 Жыл бұрын
Well done for the correct pronunciation.
@375-Productions Жыл бұрын
Discovered your channel through the Power Mac G5 video! Definitely subscribed!!
@mickikaufman5360 Жыл бұрын
Rocking those extra firm Tortex green picks like a boss
@DavideNastri Жыл бұрын
I have the SAME PROBLEM! Then I tried a silent fan noctua mod and it did "tschh tscchhh tscchhh" 3 times and... Died. Where did you buy the extra flyback, if I can ask?
@placeholder22atm Жыл бұрын
hey! i think i saw you at the Mac84 stream just the other day
@ActionRetro Жыл бұрын
Hah!
@placeholder22atm Жыл бұрын
@@ActionRetro is that a ye or naw
@ActionRetro Жыл бұрын
@@placeholder22atm ye
@placeholder22atm Жыл бұрын
@@ActionRetro nice
@christopherdecorte1599 Жыл бұрын
Ouch first thought for me was flyback.
@koopytroopy-fc1iv9 ай бұрын
I got a imac G3 but when u turn it on everything red but can be used still
@koopytroopy-fc1iv9 ай бұрын
If anyone knows what it could be please leave a reply
@Sucharek96 Жыл бұрын
Is this an ltt screw driver at 7:21?
@lukedavis436 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact.. With a lil modification you can apparently use a Rev A flyback in a slot loader
@dwarf365 Жыл бұрын
spoilers! A Sonnet Technologies HARMONi G3 upgrade. A 500mhz PowerPC 750 based G3 upgrade. I mean sure it's almost double the clock speed but the specs show it is only mac 8.1 to 8.3 compatible. I don't see any real world use for this other than "look at this thing". But 300 dollars back when it was new was an outrageous price and so is extremely rare. Glad you were able to fix the machine!
@winstonsmith478 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get that electric screwdriver?
@RetroPlus Жыл бұрын
Mine does the exact same thing, i so wish i could use it as a monitor for my PC. It would be so sick.
@infineon222 Жыл бұрын
the solder joint reflow is most likely what solved the problem, no?
@Ramza042 Жыл бұрын
I have a very similar Mac with the same exact problem. I'll have to take it apart one day and see if I can fix it. 😊
@battleangel5595 Жыл бұрын
I used to volunteer for an elementary school fixing their equipment. Had this G3 that would not turn on unless it was upside down. Had to run to Radio Shack for a soldering iron and solder to re-attach the... I assume a BIOS/CMOS battery... back onto the board. I'm no expert when it comes to Apple products. Mainly a PC user and PC computer whisperer myself.
@chrismifsud7154 Жыл бұрын
I have a slot loading one and it does the same thing. Is the fix the same for mine too ?
@melphillips1608 Жыл бұрын
I def don’t miss these older models. Speaking from eye perspective!! Lol😂
@m4rgin4l Жыл бұрын
I freaking love this design language. The laptops in particular look amazing.
@stevencarlson5422 Жыл бұрын
glad you fixed it and it didn't break apart its is a terrifying thing to do nowadays
@unfairlight Жыл бұрын
I really love that Twiggy disk t-shirt.
@SianaGearz Жыл бұрын
I have two of those Psion V i think. I got some heavy use out of them back in the day. After i got them used for cheap. I don't think i paid more than $50.
@deltacx1059 Жыл бұрын
9:04 voltage is only applied if it is on/plugged in and the capacitors do self discharge to safe levels after a day or two in most cases. If you are that worried wait a week after it has been unplugged. 13:36 only to people stupid enough to touch anything inside, otherwise it is rather safe, the high voltage electronics are not going to jump out explicitly to hunt you down. If you know nothing about electronics then learn before you mess with things this complex.
@thomasb.900 Жыл бұрын
Love the Hoovie's Garage shirt !
@DRSPPC Жыл бұрын
Is there anyone who generally repairs older iMacs? I have a 2001 Graphite iMac G3, that needs a new disk drive, and has a strange problem where the screen is fine and then will turn to yellow, and a firm (not hard) whack on the side fixes the problem until it is moved again. Now it is doing this flicker thing as well. It is a fully functioning 600 MHZ G3 and it is now just sitting on a shelf. It was the first Mac I ever bought, and I am holding onto it for sentimentality I guess. It used to DJ parties with an iSub, and I had the thing sitting in the kitchen for years working as a kitchen aid. I transferred the hard drive to a G4 Quicksilver so a part of it lives on but it is just sad to see it sit and wait to be repaired after everything it did in it's heyday.
@GeFeldz Жыл бұрын
Imagine making it easy to get to the safe part and hard to get to the "might kill you DED" part, mayhaps a thought or two behind that =D
@powerbanger69 Жыл бұрын
0:44 there is literaly 1 frame where you can see the upgrade
@themacintoshnerd Жыл бұрын
Beware of the bezel same ABS plastic as the beige Macs. I think someone was making replacement ones made of better plastics.
@pud469 Жыл бұрын
Can you post a link to the source of the flyback???
@brucesyvertsen2147 Жыл бұрын
That's a cool electric screwdriver you're using! Where is it available? Thanks.
@nonelost1 Жыл бұрын
Sean, about a week ago I found a 1998 teal colored iMac (same color as the one you worked on) by a dumpster. Exact model on little round sticker on bottom says “PowerPC G3 266 MHz/512 cache/32 MB/6GB HD/24xCD - ROM/Rage Pro/6MB SGRAM/modem.” (tray loader, with no infrared port) It had been rained on. And it sat out in my truck under canopy a few days. But then I found out these things may be collectible. So I’m just now drying it out and waiting minimum 24 hours before trying to fire it up. Question: is it too dangerous to try to power it on after drying it out, if I don’t know whether it’s been discharged or not? All I wanna really do is pass this along to a collector for parts who knows how to repair these things. I’m realistically expecting it will not work at all. But I don’t want to get zapped or possibly electrocuted either. Awaiting your reply before I plug it in.
@nonelost1 Жыл бұрын
Never mind. I already plugged it into a GFCI outlet after waiting several days and nothing happened. I scrapped it. Another video says to never heat dry electronics, but to always cool dry them instead. Maybe that's why nothing happened as I heat dried it.
@bryans8656 Жыл бұрын
Another fun video --- thanks!
@JoelRosenfeld Жыл бұрын
I didn’t realize that it was that “easy” to get into the iMac. I have an old grey iMac SE that has been in a closet moving with me for the past 20 years. Might try breaking into it and replacing a startup battery that I suspect has been bad for a couple decades.
@nelsontheunholy Жыл бұрын
For anyone curios the device he previewed at the end is the Psion Series 5.
@marcinkowalczyk647 Жыл бұрын
@ActionRetro were you successful in fixing the industrial computer screen yet?
@isaacwatanabe95998 ай бұрын
My imac has this problem and im glad theres a fix
@spy.re-drobe20 Жыл бұрын
Mac's from that era were not the easiest to mess with, but they were the most convenient. Meaning you can still put 1gb of memory in one without much "fiddling".
@JohnnyTheCache Жыл бұрын
lots of retro stuff seems weird today. But this imac was already weird back then 😄
@jerrybomcool Жыл бұрын
I’ve got one of these and after the bong it crackles like mad. Would this mean the fly back on mine is bad?
@seratatu Жыл бұрын
Please tell me that you discharge the crt off camera before disassembly 🙄🥶
@orincat10 Жыл бұрын
What's weird is that I got one a couple years ago with that issue and it went away after I started using it a little more.
@NaoPb Жыл бұрын
I never knew there was actually a beige iMac inside one of those things. I kind of like the look of that.
@faenethlorhalien Жыл бұрын
So it was basically a laptop with a CRT screen on it. Smart and bold for the 90s, tbh.
@andresbravo2003 Жыл бұрын
It does have OS X. I was surprised to see it running on the first Gen iMac G3.
@MrAlan1828 Жыл бұрын
Where's the original "Bond I" keyboard and Puck mouse?
@msthalamus2172 Жыл бұрын
I have the exact same problem on the exact same model iMac. :D
@nougatsa Жыл бұрын
Thank you for that trick.
@samueltoogood5703 Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the psion IR shenanigans.
@sjgrall Жыл бұрын
@ActionRetro, where can we get that FileWare T-shirt?