my son put a penny in imac g3 600mhz slot drive!

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terry123terry123
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
My son put a penny in imac g3 600mhz slot drive! How in the world am I going to get that sucker out of there. It is clearly not in sight of the opening. Are these machines easily disassembled and the optical drive accessable? I am obviously not a computer tech but am wiling to dive in with some guidance. Does anybody know of a site where I can get disassembly instructions? Any input would be greatly appreciated as I love this Flower power imac and want to keep it forever. Would it be possibel to take it to an Apple store and have them do it?

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  • Reply 1 of 11
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    Here is an article with clickable pictures. Scroll down to the "slot-load" section.



    http://www.macworld.com/2001/10/bc/howtoimac/



    Here is Apple's manual on disassembling an iMac. I am not sure which one it is, but the date on the article is 2000 so it probably refers to the slot-loads.



    http://download.info.apple.com/Apple...1208IMACII.PDF
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  • Reply 2 of 11
    Marvinmarvin Posts: 15,587moderator
    I would try tipping the machine up and shaking it.



    Then do the same with your son .
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  • Reply 3 of 11
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,185member
    An Apple store would TRY to do it ... with no guarantees.



    Once YOU get the drive out, if you can't get the penny out, you could probably replace it for ~100 USD. I know "MCE" used to sell a slot (and tray) loading CDRW for the iMacs.



    Good luck!
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  • Reply 4 of 11
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Stab a not so strong magnet (attached to a wire) into the slot, slip and slid and there

    you go.



    Though i don't stake that on.
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  • Reply 5 of 11
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,185member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vox Barbara


    Stab a not so strong magnet (attached to a wire) into the slot, slip and slid and there

    you go.



    A penny is made of copper plated zinc (prior to the 80's they were made of bronze, and a century ago they were actually mostly copper).

    so.... pennies have no iron content .... how's a magnet gonna help ???



    edit: ... unless it's a 1943 penny, in which case it is copper plated STEEL... the magnet will work (and the penny is worth more than the drive in this case.)
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  • Reply 6 of 11
    gregmightdothatgregmightdothat Posts: 1,709member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vox Barbara


    Stab a not so strong magnet (attached to a wire) into the slot, slip and slid and there

    you go.



    Though i don't stake that on.



    Pennies aren't magnetic.
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  • Reply 7 of 11
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot


    A penny is made of copper plated zinc (prior to the 80's they were made of bronze, and a century ago they were actually mostly copper).

    so.... pennies have no iron content .... how's a magnet gonna help ???




    [toothpick in the mouth corner mode] I gonna mull over it.
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  • Reply 8 of 11
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gregmightdothat


    Pennies aren't magnetic.



    If you put it like that, you're probably right.
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  • Reply 9 of 11
    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    The computers are easily dismantled but I'm not sure that will help you - optical drives cannot be taken apart easily. I would recommend asking at an Apple store or other reseller.



    Vox Barbara - I liked your suggestion.
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  • Reply 10 of 11
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    So, to the OP, what happened?



    I hate it when they take off and never come back to give an update.
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  • Reply 11 of 11
    nascarnate326nascarnate326 Posts: 130member
    does it still work? if not, its upgrade time!
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