Re: [LUG] a dead 24" iMac

[Joe Buckle <joelovescode@xxxxxxxxx>]

Could also be the hard drive. They fail quite a lot in those old Macs. We had that problem a couple of years back

On 24 Mar 2013 07:25, "tom" <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 23/03/13 20:18, Rob Beard wrote:

On 23/03/13 11:37, tom wrote:

Someone on freecycle is offering a dead 24" iMac (about 5 years old)
they said something went pop inside. Just wondering if anyone knew of a
common failure mode - ie is it worth the effort of getting it and trying
to fix it?
Tom te tom te tom

Are you sure?  I was lead to believe that Apple hardware doesn't go wrong, it's everything else that is wrong ;-)

Rob

Perhaps they plugged it in wrong
Tom te tom te tom

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