[email protected] wrote: > >When your capacitors were bulged, did you repair or replace the > machines? I called the tech. He stated that he had also seen G5 with > problem capacitors, but a replacement logic board was needed to fix > that, which was a $700 repair so it wasn't worth repairing the machine. > > Which leads to the next question: are schools or businesses with a > large # of G5's getting a sense of an average lifespan for the dual > 2.5 G5's? I've considered buying another G5 and then moving my drives > and cards over to the used replacement one, but if the average > lifespan is 5-6 years, then that would be a waste of $600 - $700 > before too long. Thanks. > > Well... Since we r short funds for another board, it's me and my limited solder skills/shakey/hands and guts. I don't want to ruin board. I may look thru my collection of junk and pull caps off a board i don't care about and put them back on. Hummm...... isn't there a junk pc to experiment with he mumble as he goes to barn to look.
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