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Just bought second-hand eMac
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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 887706" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>To identify your eMac model, just catch your finger nail into the crack along the top of the optical drive flap and pull it down. The label on the inside of the flap lists the serial number and full original spec. Early eMacs would only take 2 x 512MB PC133 DIMM's, later 2 x 1GB DDR SIMMS. They all benefit from maxing the memory, replacing the HD, all ATA, with a larger more realistic size, and possibly fitting a modern DL DVD writer while the eMac is open. </p><p></p><p>The main problem a lot of the newer eMacs suffered from, mainly the 1.25 GHz model, was bulging capacitors on the logic board causing random freezes, sometimes with video distortion. Apple used to have a warranty extension for this, it's now expired. If you take off the bottom cover to expose the RAM slots and PRAM battery and you see any of the electrolytic capacitors bulging or showing brown deposits on the tops, forget about upgrading the eMac.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 887706, member: 98520"] To identify your eMac model, just catch your finger nail into the crack along the top of the optical drive flap and pull it down. The label on the inside of the flap lists the serial number and full original spec. Early eMacs would only take 2 x 512MB PC133 DIMM's, later 2 x 1GB DDR SIMMS. They all benefit from maxing the memory, replacing the HD, all ATA, with a larger more realistic size, and possibly fitting a modern DL DVD writer while the eMac is open. The main problem a lot of the newer eMacs suffered from, mainly the 1.25 GHz model, was bulging capacitors on the logic board causing random freezes, sometimes with video distortion. Apple used to have a warranty extension for this, it's now expired. If you take off the bottom cover to expose the RAM slots and PRAM battery and you see any of the electrolytic capacitors bulging or showing brown deposits on the tops, forget about upgrading the eMac. [/QUOTE]
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