imac g3: video card issue

sphereboy

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jan 28, 2004

• #1

on an imac g3 (the one with the monitor & cpu built in together) is it possible to replace the video card? or does this machine have an on board video card?

thanks for any information.

 

Stelliform

macrumors 68000

• Jan 28, 2004

• #2

I do believe that it is on the main board. Mine went out while under apple care, and the invoice they gave me (before Applecare) was $1200!!

You can pick up spare iMac mainboards on eBay, if you can find someone you trust.

 

sphereboy

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Jan 28, 2004

• #3

thanks.

the computer is a friend of mine. She took it to the Apple store and they quoted her about $450.00 to repair.

i believe it's an older model, it might not even be worth fixing. Just buy another one.

 

Counterfit

macrumors G3

• Jan 28, 2004

• #4

Don't really bother then, as used G4 towers are going for less money. You could probably find a used iMac that's much faster for that.

 

Spock

Contributor

• Jan 29, 2004

• #5

iMac board are not that exspensive on eBay and its not hard to replace