Disconecting the iMac monitor(leaving power for other parts)

[guerrilla_thought]

Hi,
This is my situation: I want to use an iMac as a gateway and firewall but I to completely turn off the monitor.
I've searched around and asked on IRC but I cannot find an answer to my question. Is there a way to cut power to an iMac monitor.
The things I've tried so far: unplugging the montior capled (I thought about it later and realized that power is not supplied by montior cabls (most of the time) using programs like pbbuttons and pmud (yes, i know it's an iMac and those are for laptops, it was a stretch..), I have also messed around the kernel as well.
So, I've taken the computer completely apart, but I cannot make out how I might connect the power input directley to the motherboad et al.

--anthony
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[defknol]

hmm, I've never owned an iMac so I know very little about their construction. Based on other things I've seen, it may be rather integrated into the system, so finding the right plug could be a pretty hairy process. I doubt that you will find it connected to the tube itself. There may be a sub-board that you want to disconnect from the rest of the computer.

Also, be very careful with what you touch in there, a tube (CRT) is a big capacitor and can hit you with something like 70,000 volts! Even after the thing is unplugged.
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