I bought two of the last of the G-5's with the old Motorola chips - one I had, the other is crated up at my mom's place since she moved far away. Mine eventually died, and was replaced under the AppleCare warranty for the new Intel G-5. No performance difference to me, and I think Apple may fix yours under a recall or something like that - I would contact Apple and see what they will do. Otherwise, I would ask questions of the vendors you are talking with on ebay - if they have a good history of satisfying their customers, they will probably gladly tell you if the logic boards they are selling are upgraded from the original Apple logic boards. I have dealt with ebay vendors for years, and while there are some crooks, I have very. very, rarely had a bad experience - and I have bought a washing machine, electronics, household stuff, lots of stuff on ebay. For the most part, e-bay is a proud community, and most vendors are happy to answer questions on even an item selling for a dollar or two.
That being said, if I don't like the "feel" of the ad I am reading, I don't buy from that vendor. I don't need anything bad enough to deal with a vendor I don't care for. And the vendors I do care for (almost all of them) - I add to my favorites, to keep abreast of what items they are selling - kind of a trust thing. Dennis, San Diego On Tuesday, February 03, 2009, at 07:28AM, "Adam Vaughn" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hello everyone. I used to be on this list back before it was on >GoogleGroups. Recently picked up a 20" Rev. A iMac G5 at a flea market >for the princely sum of $30. At first, all that seemed to be wrong >with it was that the hard drive and memory had both been stripped out >of it (I think it previously belonged to a school). After ordering the >needed parts and installing some RAM, the screen came up with the >expected system folder '?' icon, but with faint pinstripes down much >of the screen. Running Apple Hardware Test v. 2.2.1 when the >pinstripes are on the screen results in the following cryptic error >code: "2NVD/1/4 2103" during the video RAM test phase, and no other >errors. > >Anyway, I managed to get OS X 10.4 installed on the HD without any >pinstripes on the screen, though it froze up at one point during the >install. After successfully completing the installation, it had a >couple freeze-ups at first (graphical gibberish would appear on the >screen, followed by a kernel panic), after which I ran AHT again, not >getting any pinstripes on the screen, and it passed several tests with >flying colors. Afterwards, it ran successfully for over 2 days, but >while trying to play a YouTube video, parts of the screen once again >went scrambled, followed by yet another kernel panic. Ever since then, >the screen now goes blank during the startup process, after a light >blue screen appears. > >My question is, what might the problem be, and might it be worth >fixing? I've seen replacement logic boards being sold on eBay for >$175, but I can't be sure if they won't go bad like the boards in many >other iMac G5s have. I've already sunk an additional $110 or so into >this $30 machine, so I'm not quite sure what to do next. Thanks in >advance! >-Adam > >-- >Adam Vaughn >Collector of old computers, video game systems, radios and other >electronic >equipment... >Visit my page at >http://www.electronixandmore.com/adam/index.html > > > > >> > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
