Hi everyone
So intelligent me decided to get my 2008 24" iMac out and replace the hard drive with a new one. Money's tight at the moment and I didn't feel like paying a couple of hundred dollars to get it installed. How hard could it be?
So I downloaded a copy of an official Apple service manual for the same model iMac. I followed the instructions perfectly, and installed the new hard drive with no hassles.
I put it all back together (following the service manual instructions) and it came time to turn it on. When I turned it back on there was nothing on the display. It was blank.
I took off the aluminum bit to see what the diagnostic LEDs had to say. When I turn it on LED 1 & 2 turn on and that's all. Now the CPU fan turns on like normal, but after about 30-40 seconds it starts spinning at full speed. I'm finding this rather irritating and I don't feel like pulling the graphics card to bits. If that;s what needs to be done so be it...
Any help or advice would be great cause I'm starting to get sick of using a PC.
Cheers
Stu
So intelligent me decided to get my 2008 24" iMac out and replace the hard drive with a new one. Money's tight at the moment and I didn't feel like paying a couple of hundred dollars to get it installed. How hard could it be?
So I downloaded a copy of an official Apple service manual for the same model iMac. I followed the instructions perfectly, and installed the new hard drive with no hassles.
I put it all back together (following the service manual instructions) and it came time to turn it on. When I turned it back on there was nothing on the display. It was blank.
I took off the aluminum bit to see what the diagnostic LEDs had to say. When I turn it on LED 1 & 2 turn on and that's all. Now the CPU fan turns on like normal, but after about 30-40 seconds it starts spinning at full speed. I'm finding this rather irritating and I don't feel like pulling the graphics card to bits. If that;s what needs to be done so be it...
Any help or advice would be great cause I'm starting to get sick of using a PC.
Cheers
Stu