Introduction
This guide will help you install a hard drive into your iMac G4.
Pièces
Aucune pièce nécessaire.
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Using a Phillips #00 screw driver, remove the four 6.86 mm screws from the metal plate.
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Remove the metal plate from bottom of the iMac G4.
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Release the tabs on each side of the module by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.
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Remove the RAM module from the iMac.
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Use a spudger to lift and remove the AirPort's antenna connector.
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Remove the four 28.07mm Torx #15 screws from the lower case.
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Open the base by carefully pulling straight off, do not rotate the cover.
You can skip steps 7-9; there is no need to disconnect any internal wiring or RAM. Crack open the base a couple of inches (it doesn't really rotate, just pull it out), and the PRAM battery will be right under your nose. It's no problem to pop it out with your fingers and put the new one in. Just make sure that you note the positive and negative terminals on the old one, and put the new one in the same way.
No one mentioned the need for thermal paste in the reassembly...
Thermal paste? Where would you put that? As I understand it there's no need for that anywhere other than the CPU/Heatsync
There's a post (or block really) that connects the cpu heatsink to the upper part of the metal shell that is just to the right (facing the imac) of the drive door. Upon reassembly it's best to clean the matching surfaces and reapply thermal paste to that upper post.
Joe Pena -
what's with the apparent loose black wire visible in step 6 & 7 ?? same as the loose wire just sitting there in step 3 ( which was like that on mine, just loose.....? )
I hear that wire is bluetooth hook up.. my model has the other side but my board doesn't have the hook up... go fig :(
sean -
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Squeeze the small black tab and wiggle gently to remove the colored power cable.
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Grab both sides of the blue connector and firmly pull to remove it from the mother board.
It's a bit vague. That is, it explains where and how the memory module fits, but most importantly it does not. What type of DIMM memory it has to be and its speed as well as the process of not touching hands with the gold connectors of the memory module
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Using a Torx #9 screw driver, remove the two 8.77mm screws holding the drive's shield onto your iMac G4.
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Remove the drive shield from your iMac.
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Using a Torx # 10 screw driver, remove the four 19.12mm screws that mount the optical drive.
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Grasp the HD/Optical Drive bundle by the by the sides and gently wiggle it loose from the sides.
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Unplug the power source from the optical drive by pinching the plastic base of the connector and wiggling it gently.
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Unplug the ribbon cable from the optical drive by grasping the plastic base of the connector and wiggling it gently.
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Remove the four 6.75mm Torx # 10 screws mounting the drive.
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Slide the optical drive out from the metal support mounted to hard drive.
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Using a Torx #10 screw driver, remove the four 6.03mm screws mounting the hard drive to the assembly.
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Slide the hard drive out of the assembly.
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Unplug the power connection from the Hard Drive by pinching the white plastic connector and wiggling gently.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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This guide was very easy to follow and to the point. Thank you so very much for putting your time in creating it, you helped me! :-)
