Where are the diagnostic LEDs located on a 27" iMac (late 2009, 3.06GHz)?

My iMac stopped booting. The fans and hard-drive spin up but the screen stays black and I can hear that the hard drive isn't been read after the initial spin up.


I decided to open it up to take a look at the diagnostic LEDs to see if it might help me diagnose the problem (the most obvious failure is the logic board). I can't find the LEDs anywhere, where are they? Does my iMac even have diagnostic LEDs?


The other possibility is that I can't find the lights because they aren't lighting up, what would this suggest? The fans, the hard drive and the CD drive all spin up fine so at least I know that there is some power running though it.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 27" 3.06GhZ (late 2009)

Posted on Apr 1, 2012 8:59 AM

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Where are the diagnostic LEDs located on a 27" iMac (late 2009, 3.06GHz)?

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