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© 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
 Service Source
iMac (20-inch Early 2008)
20 June 2008 

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008)
Contents
Manual Updates 7
Updated 20 June 2008 7
Product Introduction April 29, 2008 7
Take Apart
General Information  10
Product Features 10
Product Configurations  11
Opening the Computer  11
Note About Images in This Manual  11
Serial Number Location  12
General Tools  12
Required Special Tools  12
Cleaning Tools Starter Kit  13
Removing the Glass Panel  13
View Under the LCD Panel  14
View of the Main Modules 14
View of Inside the Rear Housing  15
Back View 15
I/O...

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008)  Take Apart iv
Cleaning Tool Resources 43
LENSPEN Screen Cleaning Device  44
Front Bezel 46
Camera Board  52
Battery 56
IR (Infrared) Board  59
AirPort Extreme Card  62
Bluetooth Board 65
LCD Display Panel  68
LCD Temp Sensor Cable  76
LVDS Cable 82
Inverter 87
Speaker, Right  93
Speaker, Left 96
Ambient Temperature Sensor Cable  101
Ambient Temperature Sensor 104
Optical Drive Fan 108
CPU Fan 113
Power Supply, AC/DC  116
Hard Drive 124
Hard Drive Sensor Cable  130
Optical Drive...

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Camera Cable 165
Microphone Cable  172
Hard Drive Data Cable  179
Mechanism Cover 182
Clutch Mechanism  185
Cable, DC, Power Supply/SATA/Inverter  189
Rear Cover 206
Stand 209
Chassis  213
Troubleshootin g
General Information  224
Serial Number 224
Power On Self Test (POST )  225
Firmware Updates 225
DDR Memory 225
How to Reset the System Management Controller (SMC)  226
Diagnostic LEDs 227
Apple Hardware Test (AHT ) Error Codes  228
Logic Board Sensor and Fan Connector Locations, Top Side  230
Logic...

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Built-in iSight Camera 262
Speakers 264
Mouse 
(also see Wireless Issues topic) 265
Keyboard 
(also see Wireless Issues topic) 266
Wireless Issues 
(also see Additional Wireless Topics) 268
Additional Wireless Topics  272
Error Beep(s) 274
USB 275
Views
iMac (20-inch Early 2008)—Upper Exploded View  278
iMac (20-inch Early 2008)—Lower Exploded View 279
Screw Chart 280 

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008)  — Manual Updates 7
Manual Updates
Updated 20 June 2008
Troubleshooting
Symptom Charts:• 
Added new troubleshooting symptom: Optical Drive-->
•	 Optical drive won’t eject 
media.  Verify that two or three black clips (on the bezel) are positioned on top of the 
optical drive mechanism. Refer to the topic for images and more information.
Added a new troubleshooting symptom: Error Beeps-->
•	 iMac display is black and the 
system beeps nine times (3 short, 3 long, 3 short), then...

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008)  — Manual Updates 8
Symptom Charts:• 
Added new troubleshooting sections called 
•	 Wireless Issues and Additional Wireless 
Topics to help troubleshoot wireless keyboards and mice
Added a new symptom: Power Issues-->
•	 System that intermittently shuts down or 
restarts unexpectedly
Updated symptoms throughout for clarity, removed irrelevant links 
•	
Exploded View
New part numbers were added to reference this iMac model•  

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Take Apart
iMac (20-inch Early 2008) 

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iMac (20-inch Early 2008)  Take Apart — General Information 10
General Information
Product View
Product Features
The iMac (20-inch Early 2008) computer has the same overall look as the previous iMac. The big 
differences are the upgraded processor (Intel Penryn chip) and the faster RAM speeds.
New features:
2.4 or 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors 
• 
1066 MHz front side bus• 
2 GB and 4 GB memory options, PC2-6400 (800 MHz) DDR2, 4 GB max• 
Mac OS X version 10.5.2 Leopard•  
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