I've the same problem There is another topic about imac 2 monitor conversion...and I've the same problem I posted some photos...


here you can see the camble disassembled http://pepperaudino.altervista.org/c2.jpg
http://pepperaudino.altervista.org/c3.jpg






The link is very interesting.... I want to try..

Post edited by: DJAtrebor, at: 2005/02/12 15:36

I used this link to make this table: http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/imac/ I think this is the correct scheme for the conversion..
VGA
1 red
2 green
3 blue
5 ORANGE GROUND
6 red ground
7 green ground
8 blue ground
10 ORANGE GROUND
12 YELLOW S data
13 black/white-stripe hsync
14 WHITE vsync
15 BLACK S clock

the green Power On signal to the power board

Here's some more instructions:

http://www.ct-scan.com/iMacATX/index.html

First let me thank those who have contributed comments to my original post. Although a bit helpful, I still feel lost on this one, especially because others have confused the topic, reversed the original question, and essentially hijacked this forum. I am not at all interested in what to do with an iMac with a dead CRT. My iMac is dead and the CRT part is fine. I want to know how to turn that into a monitor. So, if you want to talk about moving the guts of an iMac with a dead CRT to another box, please, do it somewhere else! :angry:

That being said I'm not sure if the wiring schemes that have been discussed here are for re-working the CRT or for the opposite? And if the power for the CRT is routed through all the boards do they all need to be left in place? Or can the wiring be redone to eliminate the need for these boards to be left in place? If anyone can help me with this I sure would appreciate it. Thanks. :unsure:

Post edited by: rossdudley, at: 2005/02/13 16:06

rossdudley wrote:


I suggested you the scheme to do this mod! I've the same problem! I've an iMac Dv and only the monitor (I hope) it's in good condition

Waragainstsleep wrote:



Thanks! I needed this for my 400mhz Indigo project! It has the one picture I needed.

Didn't mean to confuse matters. I've considered doing the same thing as you (converting my old iMac into a monitor), and the only potentially useful information I could find was for projects essentially doing the opposite. But either project requires knowing what signals are going through the video cable and adapting it to a standard VGA connection... only one project is working on the upstream end, and the other downstream.

m&