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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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This is an incredibly sticky situation. I would be reaching out to the previous repair company to see if they would be willing to reimburse you, or complete the new repair for free or heavily discounted. If, what you’re saying is, a more reputable repair shop says that it would be difficult for them to replace without breaking the glass / LCD I doubt someone such as you or I would be able to do any better. ( This isn’t to say I don’t believe in you; I believe the technicians are simply better equipped. ) I know this is hardly a good answer as it doesn’t even tell you how to get into your glued up iMac, but I’m not sure that’s a wise decision considering the second repair shop’s recommendation.

Depending what issues you’re currently having with the computer / how much you paid for it, I think parting it out would be a fun experiment. If you’re able to take the iMac screen off without breaking it in the process of parting it out, success! I am very interested to see how this develops however so please keep me posted.

EDIT: Didn’t realize iFixit censored the swears so I took my french out. Pardon me.

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