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<blockquote data-quote="billdoyz1" data-source="post: 1698187" data-attributes="member: 368479">To close this out for anyone reading...&nbsp; This 2011 imac is now a parts machine.&nbsp; Made two big mistakes.&nbsp; First, do not try to work on the imac without completely disconnecting the screen.&nbsp; I was accessing the drive bay frequently, so I just disconnected the top left cable while swapping out parts, holding the screen open.&nbsp; Well, the screen slipped from my control and fell.&nbsp; Screen ok, but it ripped the other cables out, breaking one from the mainboard and breaking a few pins off another.&nbsp; Machine effectively dead at this point.Second mistake.&nbsp; The 1TB hard drive on this machine was clearly failing in the classic imac 2010 / 2011 sense.&nbsp; And I assumed it was only a hard drive issue.&nbsp; The person using the machine reminded me that the machine ultimately failed when it kept rebooting constantly without any user input.&nbsp; Symptoms which dont match a dead drive.&nbsp; After doing a lot of research I'm pretty sure the constant rebooting issue was a problem with the mainboard.&nbsp; an expensive fix for this old of a machine.&nbsp; the ssd drive and thermal cable both worked great on another imac.so I now have a parts machine.&nbsp; lessons learned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billdoyz1, post: 1698187, member: 368479"] To close this out for anyone reading... This 2011 imac is now a parts machine. Made two big mistakes. First, do not try to work on the imac without completely disconnecting the screen. I was accessing the drive bay frequently, so I just disconnected the top left cable while swapping out parts, holding the screen open. Well, the screen slipped from my control and fell. Screen ok, but it ripped the other cables out, breaking one from the mainboard and breaking a few pins off another. Machine effectively dead at this point. Second mistake. The 1TB hard drive on this machine was clearly failing in the classic imac 2010 / 2011 sense. And I [U]assumed[/U] it was only a hard drive issue. The person using the machine reminded me that the machine ultimately failed when it kept rebooting constantly without any user input. Symptoms which dont match a dead drive. After doing a lot of research I'm pretty sure the constant rebooting issue was a problem with the mainboard. an expensive fix for this old of a machine. the ssd drive and thermal cable both worked great on another imac. so I now have a parts machine. lessons learned. [/QUOTE]

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