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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2006Duct taping G4 closed!
Greetings again! I posted earlier about upgrading our G4 and appreciate all the responses we got - we're taking everything into consideration and upgrading a bit at a time as we can afford it. I have a new problem! I have only opened the computer a few times, but it seems the latch may be broken. A little plastic piece fell off and now I have the computer side/door duct taped together - works fine, looks stupid! Any fixes for this?! I love my mac, but kind of silly to hold it together with a little plastic hook! Thanks for any help, RA > I have a new problem! I have only opened the computer a few times, but it > seems the latch may be broken. A little plastic piece fell off and now I > have the computer side/door duct taped together - works fine, looks stupid! > Any fixes for this?! I love my mac, but kind of silly to hold it together > with a little plastic hook! My G4 APG latches in four places. Did you save the piece? Also look for three other pieces on the floor of the case. That material looks like styrene to me and can be glued back with a solvent based glue like Ambroid Pro Weld (hobby shop). I have repaired such parts using a homemade flatten blade on a soldering iron run at a lower temp via a dimmer. I scab plastic from other parts of the same mechinism and use it to weld the parts back together. Tedious work but a lot stronger than gluing. An even stronger alternative would be to refabricate the hooks in steel or aluminum and screw them to the plastic subcarrier. Richard > > seems the latch may be broken. A little plastic piece fell off and now I > > have the computer side/door duct taped together - works fine, looks stupid! > > Any fixes for this?! Another alternative to my other alternatives would be to drill through the outer case near the top and tap into the metal frame of the computer. The case could then be secured with knurled (captive?) thumbscrews. If you did this get someone who knows what they're doing. A small bit of metal shavings on your motherboard could kill your computer. Richard |
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