Anyway, I am curious to know if anyone has any ideas on what commonly causes PAV board failure or what steps, if any, can be taken to prevent future failures. Any adivce is appreciated. Thanks.
Being a full time Apple Service Technician I would LOVE to give you some insight as to why PAV boards commonly fail. Most often it is a power fluctuation or a spike that causes it. I used to work in the San Francisco Bay Area...and we saw very few PAV failures in our shop. Now I work in the Tampa Bay Area...and every other iMac has a blown Modem, Ethernet port or PAV board if it's an older model. My welcome to the lightning capital of the world is virtually drowning in power related failures. People think that surge protectors actually *do* something. Put a UPS in front of your system and you will be fine. UPS not surge protector. The PAV boards come in 3 flavors. HH, LG and Universal. The CRT's come as HH or LG. You can differentiate by looking at the left side of the CRT on the inside of the case. If there is a large black sticker (covering a logo) then it was Manufactured by LG. The PAV board has to match the CRT, and if the tech replaces your PAV with the UNI version then he/she has to set it with a switch to the right version or it won't function properly. Any more questions feel free to ask... Kyle H. Hansen "It's always Darkest right before it gets totally black." -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
