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iMac (24-inch)
Updated 23 April 2007

2006 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.

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General Information 6
Whats New 6 23 April 2007 6 13 March 2007 6 22 February 2007 6 16 February 2007 6 January 2007 6 Product Views 7 How to identify your iMac 9 Note About Images in This Manual 9 Tools Required 10 Orientation 10 Serial Number Location 10 Safety 11 Opening the Computer 12 EMI Shielding 13

Access Door Memory 16

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Front Bezel 19 Camera Board 23 Battery 27 Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) Board IR (Infrared) Board IR/ALS Cable IR/ALS Shield 36 40 43 33 30

Ambient Temperature Sensor Cable Ambient Temperature Sensor 46

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Bluetooth Card 50 LCD Display Panel 53 LVDS Cable 60

Inverter Cable 63 Speaker, Right 66

Optical Drive Fan 71 Power Supply, AC/DC Hard Drive 82 74

Hard Drive Sensor Cable 88 CPU Fan 91 95

Optical Sensor Cable Optical Drive 98

Optical Temperature Sensor 110 AirPort Extreme Card 113 Bluetooth Antenna Cable 120 Logic Board 125 Hard Drive Fan Speaker, Left 140 143

Video Card 148 AC Power Inlet 155 159

Camera/Microphone Cable AirPort Antennas Clutch Cover 171 Clutch Mechanism 174 162

Hard Drive Temperature Sensor Power Supply Cable 182 185

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Hard Drive Data Cable

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Rear Cover Stand 191

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Additional Procedures
Installing the VESA Mount
Link to Instructions 198

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Retrieving the Clutch Mechanism 199

Troubleshooting
General Information 206
Serial Number 206 DDR Memory 207 Diagnostic LEDs 209

Symptom Charts 211

Power Issues 212 No Video 213 Display 217 Hard Drive 218 Optical Drive 220 Fan Sound 225 AirPort 229 Bluetooth 230 IR Remote 231 IR Sensor/Receiver 232 Built-in iSight Camera 233 Speakers 235 Mouse 236 Keyboard 237 Error Beep(s) USB

Views
iMac (24-inch)Upper Exploded View 239 iMac (24-inch)Lower Exploded View 240

Screw Chart

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iMac (24-inch)

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Disconnect the Bluetooth antenna from the left side of the card.

Replacing the Bluetooth Card

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect the Bluetooth antenna to the Bluetooth card. Press the Bluetooth card onto the logic board connector. Replace the two screws. Replace the front bezel. Replace the access door.

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LCD Display Panel

Tools
Torx T6 screwdriver Torx T8 screwdriver Torx T10 screwdriver Black stick (or other nonconductive nylon or plastic at-blade tool)

Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, remove the following: Access door Front bezel

Part Location

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Removing the Display Panel

1. 2. Place the computer with the display face up. Remove the two T6 screws from the LVDS connector.

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Disconnect the LVDS cable and inverter cable from the logic board.

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Remove the eight 8-mm long T8 screws from the sides of the panel frame.

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Peel up the strip of tape at the lower corners of the LCD panel.

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