Jim
Han wrote:
Hi!
I've been reading the imac list archives for several
months now off and on. I've already found a lot of
useful info in the archive. I only hope I can offer
someone some useful advice someday.
Our rev a is actually down now. What happened: one
day the imac just shut itself down while I was working
on it. I couldn't get it to power back up. After
unplugging it, and plugging it back in, I could get it
to chime, amber light, and briefly flash green light,
then shut down again. But after a few repeat
performances, this also ceased.
We opened it up, pressed the cuda button. Nada. We
replaced the PRAM, nothing. We tried pressing the
cuda button again, and we saw a little puff of smoke
rise up from underneath the CUDA button. Uh Oh! Okay, so we know something is very not happy. I am
thinking, from reading old posts, that my "flyback
transformer" is wonky. Other tests my husband did
convinced him that it's not the video or the power
supply.
I am much more comfortable dealing with software type
problems, and system folder problems. My husband
takes them apart, adds ram, puts in cards etc. (BTW He
didn't seem very upset by the puff of smoke. He said
"Oh, I don't see anything scorched in there..." ) So
anyways, I know a lot less about the actual hardware
components than maybe I should.
What hardware do I actually need to replace if it is the flyback transformer? If I replace the whole mobo will that work?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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