iMac Expansion?

[AlphaTech]

Originally posted by djwoolf
well if you have an original Bondi iMac u you can upgrade Vram, RAM, and the HD. THere is also the mezzanine port that allows for unsupported upgrades like Video cards (voodoo 2) , floppy drives, fire wire, and ADB ports.

The iMac (all versions/generations) have the video card integrated into the logic board. The only part that was upgradable on the ORIGINAL iMac (233MHz) was the VRAM. No amount of porting can change something that is an integrated part of the logic board. As for floppy drives, you can add an USB one without any problem. There are USB to ADB adapters out there if you really MUST have an ADB port (why anyone would really need a port in this day and age is beyond me). As for FireWire, Sonnet has a processor upgrade for the tray loading iMacs that will give you FireWire.

BTW, I just did a little searching, Griffin Tech has something called an iPort, but doesn't give you any information (online) about where it connects (inside the iMac) or what you have to do to use it. It is ONLY compatible with the rev. a and b iMac's (233MHz) so the actual use of the item is very limited.

 

[railthinner]

I'm not greatly mechanically inclined but I changed the hard drive in my lime imac with little trouble. what else can you do if your hard drive dies? of course you can upgrade it. Also, the monitor started to go on us so I now have a 17" monitor hooked up to the imac and it sits with a black screen acting as any cpu. (stuck with little vram though) for cool info go to these places.

http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com

you can figure out how to do just about anything (within reason) to your machine. and yes you'll void your warranty, but who care if you have an old imac? get a new one too.

cheers

 

[strider42]

Originally posted by AlphaTech


The iMac (all versions/generations) have the video card integrated into the logic board. The only part that was upgradable on the ORIGINAL iMac (233MHz) was the VRAM. No amount of porting can change something that is an integrated part of the logic board.

there was of course the voodoo II card that used the mezzanine slot in the rev A and B iMacs (there was a company for a while that would add the mezzanine slot to rev C and D iMacs as well, since they had everything but the actual connector on the logic board). getting ahold of one nowadays is hard, and support is nonexistent. it was called the game wizard, made by newer technologies (who recently resurfaced after going out of business). the voodoo chipset of course was made by 3DFX<who no longer exist either.

 

[Mighty Mac]

Not sure if any one has offered this yet

I have a PDF copy of the instuction manual to the iMAC (FP). conver all parts with full description and pictoral to accessing the HD and internal ram. If you would like it right me. Bcallaha@lynx.neu.edu