iMac Late 2012 27" Screen Was Glued - Any Way to Take it Off?
Hi Folks,
Thank you to the community and all who want to fix old tech when it is still (mostly) working.
I have a late 2012 iMac 27” that I brought to a store (not apple, %#*@) to swap out the SSD several years ago. There are some issues that have cropped up in the last month or two and I took it to a (more) reputable (non-apple) repair location. They have since told me that the first location GLUED the screen back on instead of ordering the adhesive strips (like I said needed to happen).
Is there ANY way to deal with this? The new place said there was a good chance the glass would break if we attempted to remove it, and what was probably just going to be a logic board replacement now could be a glass, LCD, board, and maybe more. What was a small swap has turned into a huge problem. When you start to think of the potential costs and time it looks like I’d have to recycle it, which is a shame because it’s still so functional (almost) and it JUST needs something relatively minor. This glue is infuriating.
Any ideas of actions I can take? At this point and I best off digging out the internals (if even possible) to sell and just moving on?
Thank you all.
Update (05/13/2020)
Thanks a ton for the solidarity.
In the last month or two it has started to randomly shut off. I’m dual booting widows/macOS and after about an hour I rudely get a black screen.
From what tests the new repair place has attempted they pointed to a GPU issue. I don’t know if it’s true but they chalked it up to poor drivers or differences when mixing windows and the GPU they stuck in the mac. Maybe it runs too hot and eventually damages it?
I’ve reached out to the first place. I don’t know, but I feel like splashing acetone around in quantities enough to deal with the glue would also damage components. The one grace is I keep most stuff on a NAS, and the nature of the problem should allow me to move everything over to the NAS and luckily save it if I do indeed have to send it to silicon heaven. I paid 1800$ CAD for it plus the new SSD back in 2013 so I’ve gotten a long life out of it I guess in computer terms, but it’s still pretty fast and has a great screen.
Thanks again.
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