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| |  Completely Revamped Macintosh Color Classic for its 25th Anniversary (Mac Mini inside) |
| Device | Macintosh Color Classic |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Time | No estimate |
| Steps | 14 |
This guide is by Roberto on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>
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| Step 1 | ![[step 1 photo]](117548/step01-1.jpg)
• My Macintosh Color Classic running under MacOS 7.6 some days before it died
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| Step 2 | ![[step 2 photo]](117548/step02-1.jpg)
• Machine completely emptied
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| Step 3 | ![[step 3 photo]](117548/step03-1.jpg)
• all original components...
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| Step 4 | ![[step 4 photo]](117548/step04-1.jpg)
• ...were replaced with the new ones
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| Step 5 | ![[step 5 photo]](117548/step05-1.jpg)
• Testing the new HDMI 8" LCD screen.
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| Step 6 | ![[step 6 photo]](117548/step06-1.jpg)
• The chassis and the power supply board were cleaned up and adapted for fitting the new components.
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| Step 7 | ![[step 7 photo]](117548/step07-1.jpg)
• Installing the new screen
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| Step 8 | ![[step 8 photo]](117548/step08-1.jpg)
• Closing the back case
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| Step 9 | ![[step 9 photo]](117548/step09-1.jpg)
• Sliding in and connecting the MacMini 2014
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| Step 10 | ![[step 10 photo]](117548/step10-1.jpg)
• Closing the clip-in backplane
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| Step 11 | ![[step 11 photo]](117548/step11-1.jpg)
• Plugging in the computer
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| Step 12 | ![[step 12 photo]](117548/step12-1.jpg)
• Starting the computer
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| Step 13 | ![[step 13 photo]](117548/step13-1.jpg)
• Macintosh Color Classic running under MacOS Mojave
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| Step 14 | ![[step 14 photo]](117548/step14-1.jpg)
![[step 14 photo]](117548/step14-2.jpg)
![[step 14 photo]](117548/step14-3.jpg)
• Insert wisdom here.
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