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MacHamster68

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hello is it possible to take out the board from a imac g3 600mhz
and fit it into a imac g3 350mhz both slot loading or are there differences
as i can get one 600 where the screen is scratched and one 350 with no scratches to the screen
 

MacHamster68

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thank you , so it seems the logic boards are interchangable between the different imac g3 models without problems :)
 

leighonigar

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Though the 600 has a vga out and the 350 does not. There's no hole in the metal shielding on the 350 for the VGA out. I can't remember if this will be a problem as it may be on a separate board or extension cable. If it's on the board you might need to do some cutting.
 

MacHamster68

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hmmm either that or i need to swap the crt screen instead of the board i guess:eek:
 

MacHamster68

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great conversion
i use the 600 as it is the scratch is hardly visible when using the imac ,
less visible then a dead pixel on a lcd screen

but i plan to build a 2010 imac g3 once i figured out how to fit a mini inside and connecting the crt screen , i do want to keep the crt because a imac without crt would not be a imac any more :mad:
 

KusanagiTJ

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Nov 25, 2009
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So in final

So in final, did you just end up keeping the 600 with its motherboard and scratched screen in case? I was wondering because I just won a 600MHz board and was looking to put it in my iMac 350MHz. I read somewhere the processor heat sink might be too big for the 350 case.
 

MacHamster68

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yes i kept the 600 like it is ..just writing here on it , you only need to cut out the vga adapter hole on the metal shielding if the hole is not there
other then that it should be a easy swap

by the way here is a nice website with lots of videos and info about the iMac G3
http://imacworld.110mb.com/index.html
 
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