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BenoitWW
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Hi Guys,

 

i've got an old iMac (2006) lying around in our garage doing nothing, screen works but GPU is dead.

Would it be possible to buy a raspberry pi and use the iMac screen as a monitor for the pi? 

 

Cheers

Ben

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4 minutes ago, BenoitWW said:

Hi Guys,

 

i've got an old iMac (2006) lying around in our garage doing nothing, screen works but GPU is dead.

Would it be possible to buy a raspberry pi and use the iMac screen as a monitor for the pi? 

 

Cheers

Ben

In theory, you can buy a vga inverter board from eBay. I tried it with an old 2009 iMac I had and unfortunately the board did not work so I gave up. 

 

The olympia mac repair guy here explains how to do it. 

 

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/117066/Can+I+Mod+an+early+2009+24"+iMac+to+external+monitor

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Not worth it. The converter is ugly and rather expensive compared that you can buy used LCDs at same price. If you want DIY it, sure.

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