Here I always thought the 'Hoover vacuum sweeper' award went to the g5 towers... If you don't understand what I mean, open the power supply on one that has been used sitting on the floor...or I can send you a picture to illustrate what happens?
On 7/9/10 10:28 PM, "Jim Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > > I just got a first gen iMac G5... put a disk in the hummer, when to eject it > and the iMac spit the thing half way across the room!! (small room) is it the > felts that have worn out? or what is the problem? doesn't make me want to use > the superdrive much.... ha ha! Jeff > > Every first-gen iMac G5 I've seen has the same problem. The felt just doesn't > create enough drag on a disc to overcome the awesome ejection mechanism. > Apple's fix was to make an add-on split gasket available. The problem went > away with second-gen and later G5 iMacs. > > Bruce Johnson made the same discovery recently. Kind of a shocker the first > time it happens, isn't it? > > I've seen several fixes for the iMac G5 skeet trap. One involves taping a > little basket to the side of the iMac. Another involves making a gasket out of > thin foam slit for the disc and sandwiching it between the drive and the case, > a la the Apple fix. > > I'm always amazed at what kind of goofy things manage to get past Apple's > product engineers and design staff and make it all the way into the hands of > innocent consumers. Hockey puck mice with no sense of direction. Magic mice > with sharp edges and bad ergonomics. iMacs that act like skeet traps. Not to > mention iMacs that want to be Hoover vacs. :^) Toss in the antics of up to 40 > or so bad capacitors, and the iMac G5 is one of the most surprising and > entertaining products Apple has produced. I had one that etched a quarter-inch > white line halfway across the bottom of its 20-inch LCD five (5) times before > Apple took it away. What fun! > > -- Jim Scott -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
