Same thing happened to me. I was able to find someone out there willing to give me a good price on a used iMac, as they ran a repair shop and could use the monitor/case/etc for spare parts (they offered me a cheap logic board, but I decided to take the money they gave me and invest in a new iMac)
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 8:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well the verdict from the Genious Bar is the logic board is going. > Estimated repair, Apple - $500, outside contractor $350 +. Either way we've > decided not to repair it and just chalk the whole experience up to 'S--- > Happens'. > > Thanks for all the suggestions, it helps to have a group of knowledgeable > people to ask when something goes wrong. > > Dave I'll contact you off list. > > Thanks All > > > Sheri C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 1:17:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: horizontal lines > > Offer is and remains open! > I'm in Rochester, NY. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dave >> >> Thanks for the offer. I think I'm going to check it with a monitor hooked >> up. If it still has the problem I will take you up on the offer. I will >> pay shipping of course. >> >> Part of our problem is we live an hour drive apart, so I only see her on >> weekends and not every weekend. >> >> I've borrowed a monitor from our IT guys here at work and will test it out >> this weekend. >> >> Thanks to all for the tips and suggestions, I'll let you all know what the >> outcome is. >> >> >> Sheri C >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dave" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 5:12:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: horizontal lines >> >> I hope someone here has a quick solution. >> If not, I have an extra iMac, free of charge, working fine. >> >> On 11/27/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > >> > I'm at my sister's house looking at her imac and there are horizontal >> lines >> > across the screen. >> > >> > >> > She is disabled (had a stroke and has severe speech center damage) and >> can't >> > tell me when this started or what she was doing at the time. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 2 GHz Power PC G5 17" flat panel iMac running 10.4.11 (2GB RAM, 250GB >> HD) >> > >> > >> > Can anyone point me in the right direction to start looking for a >> solution? >> > If this is fixable is it worth the cost. She just bought this machine >> used 6 >> > months ago. She is on a fixed income and I can't afford to buy a new >> machine >> > for her either. >> > >> > >> > Thanks for any suggestions >> > >> > >> > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<imaclist%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- __________________________________________ Jonathan D. Rowson, M.D. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
