Mac Forum / General / Hardware / February 2006

Calvin,
That's exactly what mine is doing also. I ordered that IVAD cable
because I ran the eMac without the outer housing and got the squeeze
fault to occur. It's sensitive to vibration when its happening and
seems to be located in the Display/Analog Assembly end of the IVAD
cable. Next I will pull the Display/Analog Assembly out again! and
resolder that connector and check the circuitry in that area.
The raster shift problem is a pretty well documented problem with the
original eMac. This is a quote from the manual:
'Important:   Take Apart Note: Replace the IVAD cable if the eMac
raster shifts upward  from the bottom of the display or the raster is
jumpy, otherwise leave the cable alone.  Refer to Knowledge Base
article 95168 for more information."
Searching for that Tech note returns nothing. Our problem doesn't seem
to fit that problem but it might be associated with it.
The IVAD box has a cable coming from the logic board, IVAD cable itself
and another one that goes to the back of the CRT.
Have you read anything about what the exact fault is in this cable?
I'll email you to keep you updated. Have you read that site about
overclocking these to 1.3 gigs?
richard

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