Filed under: Hardware, Hacks, How-tos, eMac, Mods
eMac LCD conversion hack
This is cool. At my repair job, when someone brings in a broken eMac which turns out to have a bad analog board, we don't think twice about telling then that all is lost. Replacing an analog board on all but the newest machines would cost more than the machine is worth. This guy, however, decided not to give up so easily. He picked up a cheap LCD display at Sam's Club and went to work turning his old broken CRT eMac into a functioning LCD eMac. Some elbow grease and a scavenged power supply later, and our intrepid hacker has the lightest, least power hungry, and coolest running eMac in existence.
Despite the fact that this process requires fully disassembling your eMac, for someone who feels comfortable working on the insides of machines, this is a great way to salvage what would otherwise be a very heavy shiny white doorstop.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
andy said 7:48AM on 7-05-2006
the cutout for the lcd controls is nice :S NOT - bet weighs a bit less now though :p
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icerabbit said 8:12AM on 7-05-2006
Two thumbs up!
I've thought to do the same with an old iMac, but the reality is that, while it holds its own, it is not nearly as powerful as an eMac. So, the economics aren't in favor. At least if I find an eMac I'll know where to turn :)
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John Muir said 10:07AM on 7-05-2006
With all that extra space in the case now, it could be handy for slinging in some old hard drives ... say via USB routed internally and with a nicely kluged power switch for when you want the machine to be quiet without all those old platters a whining!
Or is the permanent need for more hard disk space just me?
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ur mother said 3:39PM on 7-05-2006
what brand was the crt tube itself i have always wondered what crt apple uses in the emac
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SpacePirate said 3:44PM on 7-05-2006
I'd always wanted to gut my old CRT iMac and replace the internals with a mounted Mac mini and LCD. That would be awesome. :D
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