On Jul 10, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > > > > Yes, Stewie that's my drill also, I just think maybe because all my cubes > > were somewhat used that maybe the logic boards are a little fuzzy. But the > > AHT and all the other stuff I have for testing always say OK, and I have a > > lot of different flavors:-) BTW thanks for the firmware info for my Cube1.2 > > it's a blast of a machine. I'd like to find someone who does board level > > repair of my PM G5 FW ports. > > > > John Carmonne > > Yorba Linda USA > > Sent from my MBP > > > > > My partners Cube which was the first one I got four years ago was used > everyday for eight hours in an ad agency and gets used now at least for an > hour by her and my daughter so it has seen a fair bit of work. The others , I > really don't know too much about and only get used on odd occasions by me. > Replacing ports on Logicboards is not really that difficult, just more fiddly > than anything - I've had to do it on two different G4s - both USB and FW, but > you do need a steady hand, experience and a good soldering wand that you can > adjust the heat on. > I'm still looking for a 1.2GHz CPU for my main Cube too ..... one day. > > Stewie > > Australia's #1 job site If It Exists, You'll Find it on SEEK > Would the replacement of the port be the answer, is there an electronic issue from some controller on the board possible? The Cube boards aren't too costly but the PM G5 Dual 2.7 isn't that easy to find, so that's the one I want to repair.
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