iMac G4 M6498 - Anything to Watch For?

Scott

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Sep 30, 2021
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One of my friends from high school reached out to me to ask if I was interested in her old M6498, which she bought new back in 2002. I know this model can boot into OS 9, which makes me want to acquire it (I had bought an A6498 the next year and was really disappointed that it couldn't boot into 9).

I'm not sure how long it has sat since she used it (she's the original owner). Although I do have the A6498 (currently stored at a friend's house in the original box until I free up more space or decide to sell it), I'm not as familiar with these machines as I am the 68Ks. Is there anything I should be looking for on it in terms of components that could fail?
 

macoslove

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May 14, 2026
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Missouri
Lucky you! I don't know anything about the inside and what to look out for but I do love these and almost bought one over my G4 tower! I thought I would need to access the internals... I only ever opened it to show off... Which caused the heat-sink to slowly sand my IDE cable just enough to short and cause issues... And that is one long IDE cable... Ever since I have driven an iMac.