hutchwilco

i use my imac as a headless server as the lcd is faulty. and dvd drive clicks. will i have problems if i disconnect...

In my haste (seems to be a common theme for me with iphone repair) I accidentally broke the antenna connector on the logic...

My 1st gen iPhone had a bad battery after a devastating earthquake in my town I was forced to use a car charger to charge...

I'd like to answer this and add a few tips - (1) Yes, you can remove a broken/faulty iMac 17" intel display, and use the iMac as a server. Just disconnect the display data and power cables. (2) You can use a DisplayPort to VGA or to HDMI dongle to run an external display (helps at the initial setup stages anyway, if this is to be a headless server). (3) Some users VNC/ScreenShare to their headless servers from another device - this usually works only low resolutions, or causes visual artifacts/graphics glitches, and is sluggish. The solution in my case was to take three 75 Ohm resistors and a DisplayPort-VGA adapter and put the resistors across 1&6, 2&7, 3&8 holes in the VGA female side - well documented elsewhere like this: http://www.geeks3d.com/20091230/vga-hack-how-to-make-a-vga-dummy-plug/ It is common to read of the same problems affecting headless mac minis - the reason being that the GPU is not active unless there is a display attached. The GPU does the graphical heavy lifting usually. The...

I had this problem: smashed screen, connect to itunes screen, recovery fails error 1 right at the end. I also cleared the DNS cache and hosts file, but I do not believe these contributed to the success. I fixed it by hinging up the screen and disconnecting the battery for a few minutes reconnecting the battery, then trying to restore again. It took several attempts before it worked. Note that you should not be using shift-restore in itunes to restore using a specified IPSW, rather, you should allow iTunes to pick the IPSW. (or as I already had the same IPSW iTunes would have downloaded, I copied it to the folder where itunes keeps IPSWs (look up the location specific to your OS).

I recently had this same problem. I took a straightened paperclip and bent the end 90 degrees (with pliers) so that it looked like an "L" with a tiny "foot" - about 5mm or 0.2 inch. I left most of the other end of the paperclip coiled up as it was a good "handle". This was an excellent tool for taking the cover off my iPhone. You can poke it into the tiny square hole on each side of the cover and twist so the foot turns outwards and the cover just releases. It released almost too easily!

I agree, there is no sign of how to remove the bezel (it took me several minutes to understand it was even the bezel that came off here) in these steps (in all the guides for this model, in fact). On step 4 says remove the LCD screws, and suddenly step 6 shows innards and fans etc - !! - What about showing the bezel being removed here - super confusing and not up to usual ifixit high standards.

Careful not to lose the tiny rubber spacer that sits below the mic enclosure - I nearly did as it is not mentioned here, probably because it rarely comes out. See mention and photo of this in this guide, step 20: Dock Connector Replacement

Can anyone ID these connectors (at least the camera connector) so that I may make an extension (to move the camera out and re-house it myself). I probably have the gear to do the mic already.

Is the camera connector some standard I can order M & F versions online to terminate to an extension cable?

Can someone explain what the copper/ribbon is that the lower yellow marked screw goes through is for? Perhaps only heat dissipation? The ipod I have was given to me with much of the glass smashed and picked out, so some of this is just missing. Obviously I can't put it back...