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Old 12-03-2013, 03:32 PM
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I actually worked on a 27" iMac 11.3 over the weekend.

The hard drive failed after 600 days of life or so. It failed the short DST.

I was able to boot up a Linux Live cd and copy off the owner's files to a network location.

It was not a horrible machine to work on, mostly because I had the tools available but you had to use a suction cup to remove the plexiglass, then remove the LCD panel to gain access to the hard drive and other goodies.

This particular machine came from a smoker's household/workplace. Nasty inside. Yellow gunk all over the aluminum and the fans were clogged up with nasty gooey dust.
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