[ivraatiems]

I have a fully functional third-gen iMac (the "jelly bean") that needed its inner bezel replaced. Sourcing a non-broken bezel was one big job, but even after I did, finding someone with the knowledge and skill to repair it safely was a task. I wasn't willing to do the repair myself, it's just too dangerous for an amateur. These machines are supposed to have components that automatically discharge the screen after they're removed from wall power, but on a 20+ year old machine, no way to know whether that was working. You have to touch the screen and fasten it to the inner bezel, so repairing it without proper discharge was a non-starter.

I called around to various TV repair shops and was generally told they couldn't do it, or that it'd be prohibitively expensive. Finally, an electronics surplus store in my area referred me to a gentleman of the old-school AV hippy variety who knew how to repair all sorts of old equipment. He was able to construct a tool to ground the machine while working on it and we did the repair successfully together. It was an adventure!

[winrid]

So he made a connector with a resistor that connected to ground? Is this different than normal TV repair somehow?

[mvandermeulen]

> we did the repair successfully together

Excellent anecdote and love to hear that these people still exist

[zxexz]

I would absolutely love to hear more about this, any of the details you care to share. Truly does sound like an adventure.