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#456554 - 10/02/04 10:41 AM 333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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I will soon be recieving to 333mhtz iMacs from the school my uncle works for (and possibly an emate 300 and and apple quicktake camera). My question is, is their really any mods you can do to a bondi iMac. All I can think of is maybe some lights (small ones of course).
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#456555 - 10/02/04 01:00 PM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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Well, unless you want to put the components into another box, or replace the components with PC parts, not much. The problem with Rev. A-D iMacs is that you can really only upgrade the RAM, VRAM, and processor. The latter will add firewire support to the machine. You can add light mods to it, though the plastics are dyed. Really cannot OC a Bondi, unless you have a saudering iron. Adding lights to it is pretty safe.

You could, however, spraypaint the damn case and make it into something salvagable. My G3 tower had dyed plastics too, and thats what I did. Speaker replacement is futile, so stay away form that. The CD drive can only be replaced with other tray-load machines. For ideas, I have posted some sure head turners that are possible:

-Change the power LED. It is a 2-color (3-pin) LED. Blue and White= smile
-Add lightup MOLEX power ends for the hard drive
-Add lightup IDE cables into the machine. You are going to keep the CD one
-Add a circuit to it, so when you hit the power button, it swears at you!
-Remove the CRT and replace it with another CRT (J/K)
-Add a fan that serves no purpose
-Add a cattlebrand to it of the Dog Cow. Saudering iron will suffice
-Create a stand for it
-Go online, buy the iMac server rackmount 1U case for like $400. Would be smile
-Make it into an iBong
-Turn it into anything else than Bondi. One of the worst colours for a machine. Revolutionary, sure, but still junk. Reminds me of a colour some chav would make his car.

Post edited by: whitlock, at: 2004/10/02 13:05
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#456556 - 10/03/04 12:23 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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haha I've run into the same problem for picking out mods... with a Ruby and an Indigo (isn't indigo like blue/green? This things looks pretty damn blue to me.. meh w/e) I like the iBong idea.... that could be fun laugh nah... the route I'll proably take would involve EL Wire and the Swearing circut.. All you'd need is one of those lil push button boxes that screams out "_censored_ off" whenever you press the button. Or just hack the hell out of a Yak-Bak. I think I may just skip studying for exams tonite and check on what all I can do to this lil beast of a machine. Expect pictures... Lots of pictures

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#456557 - 10/03/04 12:52 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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I do like the Clarus branding, and I plan on doing a lighting effect or two, including replacing the stock fan with an led fan. I have no purpose for an iBong since I don't do drugs, or smoke, or even drink for that matter, (Keep in mind I'm only 15) I have a stand for it (the iDock) and thats about it.
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#456558 - 10/03/04 10:20 PM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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I'm glad you don't use drugs man, no one should.

With the fan, it's not a standard 80mm fan, so when you pickup a fan, keep that in mind. You could lightup the case with a UV sensative paint so the machine has an eery glow. And for Clarus, you could do something with the plastics on the front which are more transperant.
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#456559 - 10/04/04 03:41 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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I got my 2 iMacs today. Turns out they are Blueberry, not bondi, though the coloring is similar (blueberry being part of the tray loading colored series). Yum. It doesnt like OS X, even after the firmware update, installing is a pain, I am on my fourth try. if anybody else has this problem with these models of imac, let me know please. thanks.
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#456560 - 10/04/04 04:14 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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Atleast you got the firmware update done. Some people forget and after a few months, they have a toasty iMac.

Now with the install, if it's bailing, try this. When you boot from CD, go to the disc utility, and run the disc repair on the HDD. After running repairs, install again with a slim install. What I mean by that is go through the custom install and remove all the language junk. X11 and those tools can come later. Have you tried this already?
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#456561 - 10/04/04 04:20 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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Accually, yes I have. I just thought of an idea that I've just started which is as follows. First instal jaguar, not panther. The I'm going to try and use my panther upgrade cds and hhope that works out. Then use software update to fix it past that.
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#456562 - 10/04/04 04:23 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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woops. nevermind that. it wont even boot a jaguar cd.
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#456563 - 10/04/04 04:47 AM Re:333mhtz bondi imac mods? [Re: gulleyj]
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