iMac G4 15" to 20" upgrade

[Mooselux]

Hello,

A couple of weeks ago i bought a imac G4 15" at a yard sale and now i bought parts of anotherone for making a lamp, but now that i got the parts i realised that the parts that i bought included the screen with casing and cable and i found out that it actualy is an 20" Display and now thought about replacing the 15" Display with the 20".

Sadly i don't know if the 20" screen is working or not and if a swap is possible or even worth the effort.

I hope someone knows how i can test the Display and if this is possible. In the atatchment i put pictures of the cables tht come out of the top of the stand.

 

[DeltaMac]

The 20-inch iMac G4 is twice the weight of the 15-inch model. It's not all in the display, there is added weight in the base, to balance out the much-larger LCD screen.
So, I would suggest that the 20-inch screen might be mechanically adapted to the 15-inch half-globe base, but probably not a stable platform, without the extra weight in the base that is designed for the larger screen.

 

[3922434]

Yeah the spring in the arm that allows it to swivel not going to hold that. There’s a guy on YouTube I don’t remember the channel he did something similar and it ended up breaking the spring in the arm.

 

[mik22]

The display of a 20 inch model is also much thicker and heavier, than the one of the 17inch and 15inch model. The display has also two CCFL inverters.

 

[vivancos]

The base of the 20 inch model is bigger and the hinge won't support the weigth