I have a late G5 2.3 dual-core Power Mac that has run 24/7 since I bought it new in December 2005. The only enhancement it received was a 2nd 250 GB HDD and 4 GB of RAM. A month or 2 ago it died instantly (there was a gunshot like "pop", the screen went black and the power light was out 2 seconds later when I looked, and the ensuing stench made me not try a restart). My meager training screamed "power supply", but that's just my uneducated guess. Googling revealed a fault in my power supply that was covered by Apple until January 2010, and a call to Apple Care resulted in an "I'm sorry" determination of coverage. Apparently the purchase of $7500 of Apple products (w/o Apple Care purchases) in the last 8 years doesn't qualify me for any "special" consideration. OK. My "local" (4 hr return trip) Apple Store was unwilling to let me discuss anything with a "genius" and just wanted me to bring it in. The closest Apple certified repair center (about the same distance) quoted a flat labor fee of $95 and a "new" Apple part cost of $400(!?). A relative Apple tech who works for a WA State university said an exchange from Apple would be $150, so I presume this would be a refurbished unit.
My questions to anyone out there are: 1. Has anyone else with the latest 1000 watt power supply had a failure on the G5 PM? 2. If this power supply has failed (seems likely to me), what are the odds that logic board, drives, memory, etc are OK? I used an external FW drive and it works fine w/my G4 PM (saved my bacon!!). 3. Anyone have an opinion, for my purposes, whether I'd be better served by an Apple store or a cooperative 3rd party? I want my beloved child back! Any help/advice from those who know better than I would be MOST appreciated! 8^) TIA - Peter G5 2.3 dual-core, 4 GB RAM, 20" Acer LCD, 250 x2 HDD running SoftRaid (mirror) running Tiger 10.4.11. G4 MDD 1.0 dual "wind tunnel", 320+80+80 HDD running Tiger 10.4.11. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
