Taking off the back cover.....

Alright, so here's the breakdown, I tried to take off the back cover of my iMac last night to dust out the fans and everything on the inside, but after taking out all 4 screws (even the extra 2 in the middle) I couldn't get the darn thing off!

I used to own a PPC iMac G5 and used to do this frequently and had no problem, the back generally came off by just pulling out and down......

The one I tried to clean out now is a refurbished Intel Core Duo 20" iMac........ I was wondering maybe if it had anything to do with it being refurbished that I couldn't get it off? I was tugging, pulling, and going to the extent where I wanted to break it. But to my frustration, I stopped, put the screws in, and decided to come on here and ask.......... sooooooo.......

Is there some special technique of getting it off that I'm unaware of?

balamw said:

I think you're having trouble 'cause you actually remove the front case first.

http://home.comcast.net/~woojo/DFFA53A0-F23D-4541-9015-481FD3B6532E/iMac_Disassembly.html

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thanks for the link....... that's exactly what I was looking for. I'm kinda scared though of messing with the screen and all that

ITASOR said:

It's not worth it to clean some dust out.

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I know it seems like a hassle...... I probably won't do it. I just know when I used to dust out my G5 iMac, there was a lotttttt of dust on the fans and such. It was like a helicopter droppin down in the desert when I blasted it with the aircan....... but, at least I know now to disassemble it if I ever want to upgrade.

Thanks guys.