zenner773 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I recently found in a dumpster a 17' inch iMac G4 (1Ghz, 80 HD, superdriver, 512MB). All components seem to be ok. When I power up the PC, you can hear the chime, but no image comes up. You can see there is backlight but the screen is as dark as night. I really do not care about the lamp case. I was hoping to move all the components to a spare PC case that I have in my basement. Can I use a regular ATX power supply? If I can use a regular PC case with an external LCD monitor (attach to the MB's external LCD port), that would be awesome. Any hints? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160855-working-imac-g4-with-dead-screen/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Descalzo Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 This sounds like a cool idea, but I think you'll have a hard time with the display stuff. BTW, have you seen this: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/iMac_g4..._takeapart.html Those lampshades are a pain to take apart. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160855-working-imac-g4-with-dead-screen/#findComment-1126079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenner773 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Share Posted April 7, 2009 This sounds like a cool idea, but I think you'll have a hard time with the display stuff. BTW, have you seen this: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/iMac_g4..._takeapart.html Those lampshades are a pain to take apart. But I can use the external VGA port to attach a monitor right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/160855-working-imac-g4-with-dead-screen/#findComment-1126148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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