I was able to get a 2014 A1419 27' imac to run outside of it's case using a TV as an external monitor. I removed the power receptacle, the power supply, cpu fan w/duct and the motherboard from the case and got it running on the bench using an thunderbolt to hdmi connector. It worked well enough to get through internet recovery to install a new OS on a 1TB SSD.
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I was able to get a 2014 A1419 27' imac to run outside of it's case using a TV as an external monitor. I removed the power receptacle, the power supply, cpu fan w/duct and the motherboard from the case and got it running on the bench using a mini display port to HDMI adapter. It worked well enough to get through internet recovery to install a new OS on a 1TB SSD.
CPU fan seems to be running all out. Working on that next.
I was able to get a 2014 A1419 27' imac to run outside of it's case using a TV as an external monitor. I removed the power receptacle, the power supply, cpu fan w/duct and the motherboard from the case and got it running on the bench using an thunderbolt to hdmi connector. It worked well enough to get through internet recovery to install a new OS on a 1TB SSD.
CPU fan seems to be running all out. Working on that next.