That doesn't look to me like damage from shipping??? I would just get as
much money back from them as you can get so you can at least buy the parts you
need to fix it. The damage to the case doesn't look like it will affect the
performance at all. I could fix that the damage to the case if I had it with a
plastic hammer. So it looks like all you need would be a hard drive and the
sled as long as the caps aren't leaking...
-----Original Message-----
>From: glen <[email protected]>
>Sent: Jan 27, 2013 11:06 PM
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Subject: G5 Damaged in Shipping
>
>G5 dual 2.5Mhz, June 2004, Radeon 9800 XT video. Model #A1047 EMC# 1969.
>M9457LL/A, liquid cooling.
>
>
>Photo's
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenstrek/sets/72157632624630081/
>
>The case got bent, the hard drive and video card were dislarged on arrival.
>When received there was no anchor screw in the video card slot and no sled for
>the HD. The video card was reseated and appears OK, the hard drive is toast.
>
>The G5 will boot from a retail OS 10.4 install DVD. It will also boot from a
>external FireWire 10.4.11 drive. All appears OK for the short time I had it
>running.
>
>Conerns;
>1. Damaged/Leaking LCS -- how to inspect it.
>2. Hard drive cables and connectors -- no SATA drive at hand to test (one
>cable was found disconnected from the motherboard.
>
>The seller has offered to:
>1) send a new case
>2) OR offer some $$ compensation
>
>Questions:
>1) Would anyone want to use this as production computer? All my production
>software is Mac PCI based.
>
>2) How hard is it to take all guts out of this G5 and reassemble in a new
>case? Any propriety tools needed? And how to find "take a part" instructions?
>I'm up for a challenge --but is it worth it ???
>
>3) Just live with the bend up case and get a few dollars off purchase price
>after all the Mac is 9 years old.
>
>Somewhat disappointing to finally get G5 and receive it in a damaged
>condition. Sort'a like buying a classic Corvette and getting slammed by a
>distracted driver while stopped at a traffic light on its first drive. OTOH it
>is a challenge to restore what is left to restore.
>
>All responses welcomed, thanks --glen
>
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