Apple imac 17 inch late 2006 User Manual

iMac (17-inch Late 2006) Take Apart — AirPort Antenna 121
Remove any other tape that secures the antenna cables to the rear housing.  
3. 
Pull the antenna cables through the access hole in the EMI shield at the top, near the 
4.  
antenna board. 

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Replacing the AirPort Extreme Antennas
Locate the antenna mounting channel inside the left corner of the rear housing, and position 
1.  
the antenna board in the channel. Compress the sticky side of the antenna board to the 
housing until securely fastened.
Route the antenna cables through the EMI shield and on top of the EMI. 
2.  
Secure the antenna cables to the housing with tape.
3. 
Replace the CPU fan. 
4.  
Replace the logic board.
5....

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Bluetooth Antenna
Tools
Black stick (or other nonconductive nylon or plastic flat-blade tool)
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Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, follow steps for removing the following:
Access doo
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Front beze
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Lower EMI shiel
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LCD displa
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•  ptical drive
Speaker
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Hard drive
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Disconnect the AirPort card antennas
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Disconnect the Bluetooth antenna
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Memor
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Logic board
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Part Location 

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Removing the Bluetooth Antenna
Carefully peel back the EMI shield (#1) and the EMI tape (#3) from the rear housing to access the 
antenna. Using a black stick, pry the antenna board (#2) off the rear housing.   

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Replacing the Bluetooth Antenna
Position the antenna board into the rear housing, with the antenna wire on the right side. 
1.  
Compress the sticky side of the antenna board to the housing until securely fastened.
Adhere the exposed section of antenna wire to the inside (side wall) of the rear cover with a 
2.  
piece of EMI tape (see below). Make sure the antenna wire is positioned correctly so it 
reaches the antenna connector on the Bluetooth...

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Camera Cable
Tools
No tools are required to remove the camera cable.
Preliminary Steps
Before you begin, follow steps for removing the following:Access doo
•  r
Front beze
•  l
Lower EMI shiel
•  d
LCD displa
•  y
O
•  ptical drive
Part Location 

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Removing the Camera Cable
Remove tape that secures the camera cable to the rear housing. Remove the two-headed 
1.  
end of the cable from the access hole in the upper EMI shield, and  remove the camera cable.
  

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Replacing the Camera Cable
Insert the two-headed end of the camera cable through the access hole in the upper EMI 
1.  
shield.
Replace the EMI grounding tape as shown below. The metallic tape should secure the cable 
2.  
to the metal chassis.  

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Route the camera cable as shown, and tape the camera cable and DC power cable to the 
3. 
rear housing as shown below. 
Replace the hard drive.
4.  
Replace the optical drive.
5. 
Replace the optical drive fan.
6.  
Replace the logic board.
7.  
Replace the speakers.
8.  
Replace the display panel.
9. 
Replace the IR Board.
10.  
Replace the lower EMI shield.
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Replace the front bezel.
12.  
Replace the memory access door.
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