10-08-2021, 06:21 AM
jdc wrote:
yeah, glass just peels off on those imacs. pretty simple. =)
but be careful when putting it back on, the magnets can make it snap on and crack the glass. Costs $40 or so to replace.
I didn't see what size your iMac is, but at least here on my local CL, there are a half dozen 2011, 21.5" with 16/1TB for $150.
Mine is exactly that size. Where (in general, at least) are you located? I'm in Birmingham, Alabama.
Sarcany wrote:
[quote=Thrift Store Scott]
In the previous thread the possibility of a fried hard drive was raised, but since it won't start up from a disk I'm giving that possibility a very low likelihood.
Sometimes hard drives "chirp" when they've had a head-crash.
...They use a pair of suction cups to safely remove the glass from those displays.
I was using mine when it went down. The screen suddenly went black and it made a continuous "dit-dit-dit-dit" sound until I shut it off. When I tried to start it again, the progress bar stopped a little less than half way and would go no further. When I tried to start it from an install/repair disc, it stopped at the same point and emitted the repeating three tones indicating bad RAM or at least a problem therewith.