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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Power Mac 7100 deassemble | Posted by: moksienciuk on 2009-12-22 09:49:15
Hey all,
how to completely deassemble Power Macintosh 7100?
| Posted by: Unknown_K on 2009-12-22 12:45:55
I think you just need a phillips and flat head screwdriver. The screws in the back allow the top of the case to come off. the metal shelf holding the cdrom , HD, and floppy comes off with one or two screws. There is a plastic piece holding the PS in, you slide that out the PS should come off. I think the motherboard has a screw or two holding it in, remove those and push down one some plastic retainers and it would slide out of the case.
Not that much to it.
| Posted by: moksienciuk on 2009-12-25 15:11:35
Thank You. Well, everything's going well, except that I can't get off this metal shelf from the back side of the 7100. Two clips are holding it. I don't want to break it up.
| Posted by: trag on 2009-12-26 21:11:35
Thank You. Well, everything's going well, except that I can't get off this metal shelf from the back side of the 7100. Two clips are holding it. I don't want to break it up. It's been about ten years since I worked on one, but I remember it as being quite mysterious, until I figured it out and then it seemed head-slappingly simple.
I think you need to pull the power supply out before you can get that shelf out easily. Treat it like a Chinese Puzzle and examine what's holding it together carefully. There is a simple, yet non-obvious way of getting that shelf out. But as I said, try removing the power supply if it will come out, first.
Have you tried doing a Google search on PM7100 disassembly instructions?
| Posted by: moksienciuk on 2009-12-27 02:05:04
Thanks. I have finally figured it out with a little bit of help: http://lowendmac.com/macdan/md025.shtml
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| Posted by: Damian Ward on 2010-01-02 00:37:08
Here is a link of some pictures, that I took when I overhauled one of my 7100's.
Although the pictures don't give you step by step instructions, they should give you an idea what internals look like when removed. As Unknown_k said,
the 7100's are quite easy to work on, you only need a couple of screw drivers.
Good luck.
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