Apple 17-INCH MID 2006, 17-INCH LATE 2006 CD manual What’s New, April, January, October, September

What’s New

23 April 2007

•The optical drive removal procedure has been updated. Using a screwdriver to release the optical drive tabs is causing damage to the logic board. The updated procedure shows how to remove the optical drive using a needlenose pliers.

•Additional information on handling slot-load optical drives can be referenced in Kbase article 305282.

12 January 2007

•The “No Power” symptom in Troubleshooting has been updated. If your computer won’t turn on, try removing and reinstalling the SO-DIMMs.

31 October 2006

•Troubleshooting has been updated with a new symptom, “Fans running at full speed after computer turns on.” Note: The customer may have entered a diagnostic mode that causes the fans to run at full speed. This symptom is very easy to resolve at the customer level.

3 October 2006

•The symptom “Starts Up To Black Screen or No Video (iMac 17-inch Mid 2006 only)” has been added to the troubleshooting chapter. Upgrading to Mac OS X v10.4.8 resolves the issue.

2 October 2006

•EMI tape photos (922-4786 and 922-5026), used to repair torn and damaged EMI shielding, have been added to the EMI Shielding section in the General Information chapter.

6 September 2006

Introduction: iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD)

•1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor

•160 GB Serial ATA hard drive

•Slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

•512MB of 667MHz DDR SDRAM; supports up to 2GB

•Intel GMA 950 graphics processor with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory

•New service parts for the iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD)

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