iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2638 & EMC 2742 Late 2013 Repair

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Guides

Replacement Guides

Adhesive Strips

AirPort/Bluetooth Card

Blade SSD

Display

Fan

Hard Drive

Heat Sink

Left Speaker

Logic Board

Power Supply

RAM

Right Speaker

iSight Camera

iSight Camera and Microphone Cable

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iMac Intel 21.5" EMC 2638 Teardown

Tools

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Models

A1418 EMC 2638 Late 2013 iMac14,1 2.7 GHz, A1418 EMC 2742 Late 2013 iMac14,3 2.9 GHz, A1418 EMC 2742 Late 2013 iMac14,3 3.1 GHz

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Released September 24, 2013, the 21.5" iMac EMC 2638 as well as the EMC 2742 features improved specifications but the same internals as its previous iteration, the EMC 2544. It can be identified by its model number A1418 and EMC number, 2638 or 2742, both of which are located beneath the single foot.

21.5-inch LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 1920-by-1080 resolution with support for millions of colors

1TB hard drive
Configurable to 1TB Fusion Drive or 256GB or 512GB of flash storage.

2.7GHz or 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz or 3.6GHz) or 3.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz).

8GB and up to 16GB of 1600MHz DDR3 memory

802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology

Intel Iris Pro graphics or NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M graphics processor
FaceTime HD camera

SDXC card slot
Four USB 3 ports
Two Thunderbolt ports
Mini DisplayPort output with support for DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI (adapters sold separately)
10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)