I purchased a used iMac 2011 27'‘ machine from a yard sale and I was told the it wouldn’t power on . Well, after a power supply swap, I found that the HDD was bad. So I dropped one in an enclosure and installed and booted from the HDD in the enclosure. To my dismay, during the setup process, I was halted with a screen that reads, “ Configuration Settings….The device is automatically monitored by Macon County Board of Education.” From this point, I can not go any further with the setup and it is asking for a MCBOE username/pw. Is their anyway to remove or bypass this and continue with the setup process? Or did i get burned on this deal? Would replacing the motherboard work and where could I find a good, reliable one?
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I purchased a used 27” iMac 2011 machine from a yard sale and I was told the it wouldn’t power on.
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Well, after a power supply swap, I found that the HDD was bad. So I dropped one in an enclosure and installed and booted from the HDD in the enclosure. To my dismay, during the setup process, I was halted with a screen that reads, “Configuration Settings… The device is automatically monitored by Macon County Board of Education.”
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From this point, I can not go any further with the setup and it is asking for a MCBOE username/pw. Is there anyway to remove or bypass this and continue with the setup process? Or, did i get burned on this deal?
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Would replacing the motherboard work and where could I find a good, reliable one?
I purchased a used iMac 2011 27'‘ machine from a yard sale and I was told the it wouldn’t power on . Well, after a power supply swap, I found that the HDD was bad. So I dropped one in an enclosure and installed and booted from the HDD in the enclosure. To my dismay, during the setup process, I was halted with a screen that reads, “ Configuration Settings….The device is automatically monitored by Macon County Board of Education.” From this point, I can not go any further with the setup and it is asking for a MCBOE username/pw. Is their anyway to remove or bypass this and continue with the setup process? Or did i get burned on this deal? Would replacing the motherboard work and where could I find a good, reliable one?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!