[ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance

[William Fragakis]

Run the hardware test - see if the ram is okay (hope this hasn't been
mentioned before, I'm jumping into to this thread late). 

They aren't terribly hard to open up but there aren't a lot of
user-serviceable parts inside. It does take a bit of patience. Look on
xlr8yourmac.com for take apart guides or links to them. And if you feel
real beefy, certain emacs were notoriously overclockable ;-).

regards,
William

On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 16:03 -0400, Van Loggins wrote:
> 
> from what I've read some of the Emacs tend to develop problems with
> bulging and/or ouzing capacitors on the electronics inside the unit.
> Since you are out of warranty and if you are comfortable with taking
> it apart you should be able to fine a tear-down guide for your emac on
> the internet. This way you can verify if it's something like this
> before you pay the Apple Techs to take a look at it. Another issue
> I've seen a lot of complaints about is problems with the video analog
> boards, but since yours is freezing up I don't know if this is
> applicable. If it was having visual anomalies like the screen dimming
> down, artifacting,etc. then maybe but otherwise kinda unlikely. 
> 
> Just a thought, good luck with getting it working again. Apple makes
> some nice systems, I've been lusting after one of the new Intel Dual
> Core Mac Mini systems.
> 
> 
>  
> 
>                 Message: 3
>         Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:10:11 -0600
>         From: JK <jknapka at kneuro.net>
>         Subject: [ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance
>         To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>         Message-ID: <44AD5203.8020102 at kneuro.net>
>         Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>         
>         Hi everyone,
>         
>         A couple of years ago I bought an eMac for my stepson.
>         It's one of the all-in-one units. Recently, is has started 
>         to freeze up at random, and the warranty period has
>         long ago expired.
>         
>         There's an Apple service center nearby (at CompUSA),
>         but it would cost $120 just for them to look at the
>         machine and tell us what it would take to fix it. My 
>         question is, would it be reasonable for me to open
>         this machine up and do the "swap out the RAM, HD,
>         etc. until things start working" dance? Or should I
>         leave it to the "professionals" at CompUSA? Web 
>         resources on Mac hardware maintenance seem to be
>         pretty thin.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         
>         -- JK
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