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- Oct 30, 2017
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- Motherboard
- Lenovo ThinkPad X250
- CPU
- Intel Core i3 5010U
- Graphics
- Intel HD5500
Intro
About a year ago I found this subforum and I immediately wanted to do a mod myself. So I started looking on our local "Craigslist" but there where only 15" and 17" G4s at that time, there where 20" G5 on sale but they are quite overpriced for the obsolete machines that they are. I waited a bit and G4 20" showed for sale.
The machine is in quite good shape, a bit dirty on the edges but overall pretty white. It starts and runs, the only thing bad was the little lithium battery on the system board. I also bought a G4 15" with Pro Speakers but in quite bad shape, the LCD was shattered and the system board was dead but I only paid 10€. Because the 20" is quite rare and I don't want to destroy a working iMac so I will take the LCD off of the 20" and place it on the 15" base. None of the LCD conectors will be cut or modified so I can assemble the 20" back together if I want.
Here is the 20" still assembled.
About a year ago I found this subforum and I immediately wanted to do a mod myself. So I started looking on our local "Craigslist" but there where only 15" and 17" G4s at that time, there where 20" G5 on sale but they are quite overpriced for the obsolete machines that they are. I waited a bit and G4 20" showed for sale.
The machine is in quite good shape, a bit dirty on the edges but overall pretty white. It starts and runs, the only thing bad was the little lithium battery on the system board. I also bought a G4 15" with Pro Speakers but in quite bad shape, the LCD was shattered and the system board was dead but I only paid 10€. Because the 20" is quite rare and I don't want to destroy a working iMac so I will take the LCD off of the 20" and place it on the 15" base. None of the LCD conectors will be cut or modified so I can assemble the 20" back together if I want.
Here is the 20" still assembled.
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