- Feb 14, 2014
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I came into an iMac the other day that was in need of some repair. I had no idea what was wrong with it but i wanted to see if i could fix it and possibly sell it off. I got to messing with this thing and found out the inside had been destroyed but the mac still works surprisingly enough.
All the wires going to things like the fan and whatever else have been cut, the heat sink has been smashed up with a hammer or something, just looks like someone was trying to destroy it. All they didnt do was light it on fire. If i had to guess, id say the original intention was to retrieve the hdd from the mac but the person didnt have the security bit to remove the screen so instead they attempted to make it unusable.
in any case its in my hands now and Im interested in trying to get it up and running again.
The question i have is this:
In order to repair the wiring i can ive chosen to solder the wires back together, but when i strip the wires they will come up short of eachother. Is there a special kind of linkage wire designed for this? Some little piece of wire to bridge the small gap and allow me to recreate the connection by soldering it to the short wire, extending it to reach the other half.
I could make these out of spare parts i have laying around but i wanted to know if there was something actually designed for this as i want to make this computer reliable.
And once i solder the connection what should i use to cover the exposed wire? Would electrical tape be well enough? Im sure leaving a bunch of stripped wires with solder and a small extension hovering just above a live motherboard is just asking for trouble. Just wanna be sure electrical tape is well enough for the job, or should i use something like shrink wrap? Or is there something else more professional?
I know the right way to do this would be to buy the parts and replace them all but I need to turn a profit on this if i am to sell it, so i cannot sink money into this needlessly. I am already going to have to get a new heatsink for it. Im only going to buy replacements for the things i absolutely have to.
Thanks in advance to all assistance.
All the wires going to things like the fan and whatever else have been cut, the heat sink has been smashed up with a hammer or something, just looks like someone was trying to destroy it. All they didnt do was light it on fire. If i had to guess, id say the original intention was to retrieve the hdd from the mac but the person didnt have the security bit to remove the screen so instead they attempted to make it unusable.
in any case its in my hands now and Im interested in trying to get it up and running again.
The question i have is this:
In order to repair the wiring i can ive chosen to solder the wires back together, but when i strip the wires they will come up short of eachother. Is there a special kind of linkage wire designed for this? Some little piece of wire to bridge the small gap and allow me to recreate the connection by soldering it to the short wire, extending it to reach the other half.
I could make these out of spare parts i have laying around but i wanted to know if there was something actually designed for this as i want to make this computer reliable.
And once i solder the connection what should i use to cover the exposed wire? Would electrical tape be well enough? Im sure leaving a bunch of stripped wires with solder and a small extension hovering just above a live motherboard is just asking for trouble. Just wanna be sure electrical tape is well enough for the job, or should i use something like shrink wrap? Or is there something else more professional?
I know the right way to do this would be to buy the parts and replace them all but I need to turn a profit on this if i am to sell it, so i cannot sink money into this needlessly. I am already going to have to get a new heatsink for it. Im only going to buy replacements for the things i absolutely have to.
Thanks in advance to all assistance.
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