[Noisebridge-discuss] iMac and Monitor for Noisebridge or parts?

[Chris Murphy]

I can repair the iMac. My guesses are it has bad thermal grease/too  
thick or perhaps dust/cat hair/smoke insulating the board. New ram and  
HD might help. When you bring it in, put a noisebridge sticker on it  
so that it doesn't vanish. Bring the keyboard and mouse if you can  
spare them.

Chris

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On Dec 7, 2010, at 16:02, Ian McKellar <ian at mckellar.org> wrote:

> Yes, I brought it in. I need to get a receipt for the donation. Does
> anyone want to volunteer to do that for me? I can come by this
> weekend...
>
> I'll be bringing the iMac in once I find a few hours to clear all of
> my data off it, perhaps some people can check out the caps. I've been
> really underimpressed with the "Genius Bar" folks' ability to diagnose
> anything so I don't think I'll be lugging it down to the Apple store.
>
> Ian
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> We got the 17" sgi monitor.
>>
>> If we can cobble together a computer good enough for video editing, I
>> will donate a 1.5 terabyte external hard drive and we can start
>> digitizing all the noisebridge media archives.
>>
>> It would be excellent to see a collection of noisebridge-generated  
>> media
>> that's publicly accessible on the internet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>> On 12/2/2010 11:47 AM, jim wrote:
>>>
>>>     we could really use the flat panel display for at least
>>> one computer in the Turing classroom. Yes, one of the
>>> officers can give you a receipt for the donation(s).
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 10:53 -0800, Ian McKellar wrote:
>>>> Hi, I have a couple of pieces of computer equipment cluttering up  
>>>> my
>>>> house that I really need to get rid of.
>>>>
>>>> They're not useless, but they're not useful to me.
>>>>
>>>> First of all I have an SGI flat-panel monitor, the 1600SW. It was a
>>>> revolutionary monitor for the time, it's even got it's own  
>>>> wikipedia
>>>> page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_1600SW
>>>> I've got the "multilink" adapter that lets you drive it off regular
>>>> old DVI (analog or digital, you can use VGA with the right VGA-DVI
>>>> cable) and power supplies for everything. They still go for $500- 
>>>> $600
>>>> new or half that used on ebay, but that seems like a pain in the  
>>>> ass.
>>>> I understand that noisebridge is short on monitors - should I just
>>>> come by and drop it off? I understand that I can get a receipt  
>>>> for a
>>>> donation, right?
>>>>
>>>> Secondly I have a white 20" Intel iMac. The specs are: iMac 2.16  
>>>> GHz
>>>> Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB 2x512 of RAM, 250 GB internal ATA drive,
>>>> internal 8x double-layer Super Drive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth  
>>>> 2.0 +
>>>> EDR, Built-in iSight, ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory, 20"
>>>> TFT display
>>>> Actually, I might have upgraded that RAM at some point.
>>>> The only problem with it is some occasional display corruption and
>>>> crashing, typically associated with heavy graphics load. My  
>>>> suspicion
>>>> is that it's a heat issue, but it could be a fucked logic board.  
>>>> Does
>>>> anyone have a use for it? Is anyone interested in diagnosing and
>>>> fixing it? I really don't want to send it to west-african landfill
>>>> (http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html 
>>>> ).
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
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