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HELP! I think MY Hard Drive DIED!
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1137808" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>The one issue sounds like the hard drive died.</p><p></p><p>The turbo fan issue though could be Logic board related. Which iMac is it? Can you give us a few specs like CPU speed and Screen size? The early iMacs had a run of bad capacitors (like PC's of that time period did) and with time the top bulges out and they die. Some leak also. Since the back comes off, you have either a first or 2nd generation iMac.</p><p></p><p>Do you know much about electronics and what an Electrolytic Capacitor looks like? If so with the back off, look at the tops of especially the larger Capacitors and see the the metal is bulging upwards..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1137808, member: 8287"] The one issue sounds like the hard drive died. The turbo fan issue though could be Logic board related. Which iMac is it? Can you give us a few specs like CPU speed and Screen size? The early iMacs had a run of bad capacitors (like PC's of that time period did) and with time the top bulges out and they die. Some leak also. Since the back comes off, you have either a first or 2nd generation iMac. Do you know much about electronics and what an Electrolytic Capacitor looks like? If so with the back off, look at the tops of especially the larger Capacitors and see the the metal is bulging upwards.. [/QUOTE]
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