Possibly my largest project ever. Wow.

[Bobdude161]

I got some iMacs at a school auction. Actually I got ALL of them.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66694&stc=1&d=1169488119

I knew there were going to be some broken ones and figured I could swap parts to make at least half of them work. Boy was I right. Half of them are not working. LOL. And they all have their unique problems as you can see here.

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66695&stc=1&d=1169488119

Fun times. I got alot of work ahead of me. :eek:

[liketom]

thats a nice sight:)

make the ones that work work well with ram and ebay the rest as parts

[phungy]

Haha Nice! So 20 Macs total? How much did you get them for? What do you plan on doing with them (the working ones)?

[CanadaRAM]

Low budget tanning salon...

[Xeem]

I say that you should install Myth and Starcraft on all of them that work and invite a bunch of friends over.

[Bobdude161]

Haha Nice! So 20 Macs total? How much did you get them for? What do you plan on doing with them (the working ones)?

Actually the list goes like this:
19 iMacs, 1 more that you don't see in the pic, a G3 600 Mhz iMac
3 17" Studio Displays, 2 work, 1 will become a MacQuarium
2 G3 B&W towers, 1 for parts, other one works
A broken eMac

I got this all for under a hundred
I'm going to sell most of them. Keep a few. Hopefully I'll make a little profit. I'm going to sell them cheap since I bought them for 5 dollars each pretty much

I say that you should install Myth and Starcraft on all of them that work and invite a bunch of friends over.

That would be nice, but I don't have that many freinds. :o :( :p :D

thats a nice sight:)

make the ones that work work well with ram and ebay the rest as parts

eXactly. I'm going to try Craigslist first, so I can get a better profit.

[Bobdude161]

Ok, I worked on the slot-loaders and 3 out of nine of those work. With 2 of those working, I can sell these locally and get my 100 dollars back and maybe even more.

Now my next mission is to clear out the HDs on the tray-loaders and install a fresh OS on them. Problem is that I don't have any OS 9 CDs on me, but I do have a USB external HD with OS 9. When I hook it up at start up, the iMac ignores the external HD and uses the internal. What can I do to get the opposite? I can't touch the Startup Disk Control Panel because the HDs in the tray-loaders ask for a password everytime, holding shift key or no. Any suggestions?

Also I parted out the other 6 slot-loading iMacs, mostly the internal speakers and CD-RW and DVD drives. Is there anything else I should consider saving before I throw the iMacs away? And also does anyone know the specs for the internal speakers (Ohms, Watts, yadda yadda)? I was thinking about making a huge speaker out of them, lol.

[Fearless Leader]

wow. My school has a bunch of older g3 and g4 towers that were donated so they probably won't sell for a while more. But as they brake down I hope to snatch them.

[Swarmlord]

Ok, I worked on the slot-loaders and 3 out of nine of those work. With 2 of those working, I can sell these locally and get my 100 dollars back and maybe even more.

Now my next mission is to clear out the HDs on the tray-loaders and install a fresh OS on them. Problem is that I don't have any OS 9 CDs on me, but I do have a USB external HD with OS 9. When I hook it up at start up, the iMac ignores the external HD and uses the internal. What can I do to get the opposite? I can't touch the Startup Disk Control Panel because the HDs in the tray-loaders ask for a password everytime, holding shift key or no. Any suggestions?

Also I parted out the other 6 slot-loading iMacs, mostly the internal speakers and CD-RW and DVD drives. Is there anything else I should consider saving before I throw the iMacs away? And also does anyone know the specs for the internal speakers (Ohms, Watts, yadda yadda)? I was thinking about making a huge speaker out of them, lol.


Not one of them came with a factory recovery disk? Bummer!

[macEfan]

Ok, I worked on the slot-loaders and 3 out of nine of those work. With 2 of those working, I can sell these locally and get my 100 dollars back and maybe even more.

Now my next mission is to clear out the HDs on the tray-loaders and install a fresh OS on them. Problem is that I don't have any OS 9 CDs on me, but I do have a USB external HD with OS 9. When I hook it up at start up, the iMac ignores the external HD and uses the internal. What can I do to get the opposite? I can't touch the Startup Disk Control Panel because the HDs in the tray-loaders ask for a password everytime, holding shift key or no. Any suggestions?

Also I parted out the other 6 slot-loading iMacs, mostly the internal speakers and CD-RW and DVD drives. Is there anything else I should consider saving before I throw the iMacs away? And also does anyone know the specs for the internal speakers (Ohms, Watts, yadda yadda)? I was thinking about making a huge speaker out of them, lol.

for the dead slot loaders, you could save the logic boards and ram if they had any....

heck, I might even be interested in a logic board if the price si right :D

[mkrishnan]

Internet café, baby! :D

[Bobdude161]

for the dead slot loaders, you could save the logic boards and ram if they had any....

heck, I might even be interested in a logic board if the price si right :D

How about for free? Just posted it in the Marketplace (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=273814).

[macEfan]

How about for free? Just posted it in the Marketplace (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=273814).

replied to that thread, will get you instructions on how to remove the logic boards tonight :D

[BigPrince]

I work for a School District and 2 summers ago I touched over 1000 of these machines. We only kept the RAM.

[zap2]

Actually the list goes like this:
19 iMacs, 1 more that you don't see in the pic, a G3 600 Mhz iMac
3 17" Studio Displays, 2 work, 1 will become a MacQuarium
2 G3 B&W towers, 1 for parts, other one works
A broken eMac

I got this all for under a hundred :( :p :D
.


Holy Smokes...thats crazy! (price wise) also very cool you got all those Macs

[Bobdude161]

Possibly the greatest thing in the world!! The "Broken eMac" in that list turns out to be working! :D :D Ends up whoever had the eMac last, took the case off and forgot to plug back in the power button cable when putting the case back on. 1.46 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, 10.3.9, tons of software. Basically i got a $300 Mac for $15 dollars. I was literally jumping around for joy. I have won the jackpot!

But on a downside of things, I broke one of my 500 Mhz G3 iMacs when i was testing out 10.3 on it. :( ah well.

[Cassie]

Possibly the greatest thing in the world!! The "Broken eMac" in that list turns out to be working! :D :D Ends up whoever had the eMac last, took the case off and forgot to plug back in the power button cable when putting the case back on. 1.46 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, 10.3.9, tons of software. Basically i got a $300 Mac for $15 dollars. I was literally jumping around for joy. I have won the jackpot!

But on a downside of things, I broke one of my 500 Mhz G3 iMacs when i was testing out 10.3 on it. :( ah well.

Still, sounds like a fair trade.

God is messing with you.:)

[dpaanlka]

Those are all "Blueberry" except for the three "Indigo" systems. "Turquoise" and "Dark Blue" are not their official color names.

[madmax_2069]

Possibly the greatest thing in the world!! The "Broken eMac" in that list turns out to be working! :D :D Ends up whoever had the eMac last, took the case off and forgot to plug back in the power button cable when putting the case back on. 1.46 Ghz, 1 GB of RAM, 10.3.9, tons of software. Basically i got a $300 Mac for $15 dollars. I was literally jumping around for joy. I have won the jackpot!

But on a downside of things, I broke one of my 500 Mhz G3 iMacs when i was testing out 10.3 on it. :( ah well.


its not really broke, there is a chance to bring it back alive, it just may need a firmware update and it should be back alive. i forget the steps to fix it once OS X has been attempted on one without the firmware patch for it. but www.applefritter.com has a few topics on that subject on how to fix one.

[gothiquegirrl]

I think i have an OS9 Disk I don't need. My G3 is only running tiger ( i think) .. I'm new to macs but i'm 95% sure that the G3 ONLY Has tiger on it.. and NO OS9...

If i don't need this disk.. I'd be willing to part with it..

my mac is a 500MHZ Blueberry G3 - Has a DVD player.

[Sly]

I think i have an OS9 Disk I don't need. My G3 is only running tiger ( i think) .. I'm new to macs but i'm 95% sure that the G3 ONLY Has tiger on it.. and NO OS9...

If i don't need this disk.. I'd be willing to part with it..

my mac is a 500MHZ Blueberry G3 - Has a DVD player.

You might what to consider keeping it as your machine will dual boot in to OS 9 & X which you may find useful at some point in the future. If the Mac is new to you it may already have had OS 9 installed on it. Look in system preferences / startup disk, if it shows an OS 9 system file you can chose to restart in that OS.

[Bobdude161]

I struck gold this time! 21 eMacs (4 non-functional 7 without memory, 10 working) 8 G4 towers (2 non-functional) and 20 iMacs. All for the low price of $384. :D

The eMacs mostly consist of 1 Ghz (some 700 Mhz and one 1.25) processors and 256 MB of RAM.

The graphite G4 Towers are mostly 400 Mhz with 256 MB. There is one dual (I think it's dual. Very long heatsink) processor G4 but it's missing a power supply. :(

I haven't touched the iMacs. I'm more concerned about the real money makers right now. Estimated GMD would be around $1500 dollars. That's enough for a MacBook! WOOT! :)

But yes I will post pics soon.

[madmax_2069]

i would love to get one of those G4 towers off of you if you would be willing to part with one. if you do what model are they.

you can find out by looking at the ID tag on the back. also you can find out info on them with mac tracker. or everymac.com

[Bobdude161]

i would love to get one of those G4 towers off of you if you would be willing to part with one. if you do what model are they.

you can find out by looking at the ID tag on the back. also you can find out info on them with mac tracker. or everymac.com

Yes, in about a week here, hopefully, I will have these machines posted on the MR marketplace. Just gotta do some re-installing and buff out some scratches. I'll look up the tags here later. work is looming ahead. But it looks like like (based on the I/O port cover design) that i have Sawtooth and non-sawtooth towers.

[macEfan]

wow I would never have room to store so many machines:D Pictures!!

[im_to_hyper]

Holy Crap!

That's about all I have to say to this! I have two AIO G3s, and those are taking up much more room than I have. I couldn't imagine having that many computers... hopefully you can make $150-$300 per machine!

Now, if you wanna trade one, plus $1200 cash, I would be willing to work out a deal for a 17" iMac C2D ;)

[Bobdude161]

pics

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/bobdude161/HPIM1441.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/bobdude161/HPIM1440.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/bobdude161/HPIM1439.jpg

So far got 5 ready for selling. 3 with 1.25 Ghz and 2 with 1 Ghz. I'm trying to get the >1 Ghz emacs working first, then I'll move on to the 700 Mhz and then lastly the G4 towers.

woot

[Eric Lewis]

so how did you get all of those? and how come no one outbidded? and why are they selling all of those olds macs? and can i buy a g4 off you

[Bobdude161]

so how did you get all of those? and how come no one outbidded? and why are they selling all of those olds macs? and can i buy a g4 off you

school auction. No one at the auction knows how to "operate" Macs. I'm the only real "specialist". I'm known as "the guy who buys all dem apples" at the auction. So the only people the bid with me are the ones who just wanted to scrape them for metal. The Jefferson County Public School system is getting rid of all their Macs and going with Grade A Dells. So I reap the benefits. Sure you can buy a G4 from me I just have to get around to re-installing the OS. I have PCI and AGP Sawtooths, gigabits and DP gigabits.

[madmax_2069]

man i was hoping there would have been a DA in the mix somewhere. that is what i am looking for. it looks like i have to buy one part for part. cause buying a whole one outright will prolly be to hard on my wallet at one time.

[macEfan]

nice collection of stuff.... for a great price... if only that type of deal was around here also :D If your interested in trades for an emac, let me know. I may also be interested in some imac g3 parts if the price is right!

[mrkramer]

Do any of the non working slot-loading iMacs have a DVD drive? if they do depending on the price I may want the drive. PM me with what you would want if you are interested in selling one.

[applefan1997]

Do you have a CDRW drive for the slot iMacs?
I need one....

[thesdx]

Lucky. Well, my school has iBook and PowerBook G4's, iMac G5's, and a couple of older eMacs. They aren't that old, so I don't think they're going anywhere anytime soon. However, my friend's school has a room packed with G3's that are FREE!

[steamboat26]

Forget selling them, make a supercomputer from the year 2000. You could smoke anybody :D

On a side note, this is my 900th post :D

[MacTCP]

Wow, that's a lot of macs! :eek:

[Killyp]

XGrid!!!!! :D

[Bobdude161]

oooo ends up i have a few that were recalled by Apple for repair. About 8 of the emacs i have, have bad capacitors on the motherboard which make them freeze up right at start up. So I'm going to an Apple reseller to get those fixed. They are going to love me....

[macEfan]

oooo ends up i have a few that were recalled by Apple for repair. About 8 of the emacs i have, have bad capacitors on the motherboard which make them freeze up right at start up. So I'm going to an Apple reseller to get those fixed. They are going to love me....

yeah, they'll sure be thrilled about having to service those.... such a pain to work around inside the AIO crt macs....

I wish they'd recall their power adaptors too... mine is starting to fray.....

Are you planning to sell the emacs once they're all fixed?