Much useful information, thank you. Vince
On Jun 17, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Meghrouni Vince wrote: > >> Please, if you would be so kind, share your experiences with the G5. >> What are the problems you've had and/or heard of? > > I have an air-cooled dual 2.3 G5 that was new old-stock in 2007, > manufactured mid-2005. It had a power supply failure within the first > week of usage, something that was a "known issue" for certain G5's, > and was covered under an extended warranty program (caused by a > lawsuit). See: > > <http://www.apple.com/support/powermac/powersupply/repairextension/> > > Unfortunately my G5 was outside the serial group, although I > mistakenly though it was included because I misread a "6" as an "8" in > the serial. I made an appointment with an Apple Genius Bar and > confidently thought it was covered, but then they showed me my error, > and said the single digit meant mine was manufactured a single week > too early to qualify (the serial contains date of manufacture info). I > started to complain bitterly. I'd also had an iBook with the famous > bad video chip that was excluded from the extended warranty by a > matter of weeks, and I said so, and to my surprise Apple caved in and > did my repair for free. > > There was a small glitch in the repair, they forgot to calibrate the > thermal system, and the fans ran full out like a small airplane. I had > to return it again, and wait another week, so it required 4 round > trips to the Apple Store, nearly 560 miles driving, and $100 in gas & > toll for me. It took 4 weeks to get it back in working condition. > Since then, no problems. > > My complaints would be that RAM is relatively expensive still, and > there are almost no PCI-X cards that take advantage of the extra > bandwidth, everything moved to PCI-e which the next G5's had (along > with water cooling, a bad trade off). > > If you're being cheap and have some tech skills, the hackintosh route > is cheapest and fastest, but again, it's always a trade-off: hassle > and time vs. speed and cost. The G5 is "ok" in my book, as long as the > power supply isn't in the warranty group. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
