Replacing a Battery

[tbohon]

I have an old G3 iMac whose on-board battery is apparently dead - on boot it complains that my date/time is invalid (which it definitely is unless I've time warped and it's really 1/1/1900 ... )

Anyway, can't find the manual(s) for this system so was wondering if there is anywhere I can go to find out how to replace the battery? Is it a 'user' function or do I need to find an Apple dealer (my local one for many years just closed).

Thanks in advance.

Tom

"My mind is like a steel whatchamacallit ...

 

[jmgalvin]

Here's where you can download the manual

http://www.apple.com/support/imac/g3

If you've ever pulled out the guts from your imac - like to add memory, you'll be fine. It's a PITA but nothing that is terribly hard. The only tool you need is a phillips crewdriver.

 

[jimbopalmer]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86181

shows the right part numbers

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