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Findfamiliar

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Jul 21, 2019
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I recently bought an iMac G3 off of Offerup. The iMac has been occasionally making loud clicking noises that are accompanied by the picture on the CRT either flickering or jumping. How would I get this fixed? Are there any places that would service the CRT on my iMac?


Here's a video:
 

DeltaMac

macrumors G5
Jul 30, 2003
13,455
4,405
Delaware
That's probably an analog/video board.

hmm...
HV parts that are more than 20 years old...
Maybe you'll get lucky on that.
 

MacTech68

macrumors 68020
Mar 16, 2008
2,393
209
Australia, Perth
Poor solder joints or bad earthing could cause this.

However, the most common reason on the tray loading iMac is a Flyback transformer intermittently shorting internally. One day, it will short permanently and stops the machine from booting up as the power supply will shut off part way through bootup.
 
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