I think that it could be a bad logic board or Power Supply. On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Jean-Claude Touzin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ref. > OS 10.5.8 > Name iMac G5 Model PowerMac8,1 Processor PowerPC G5 (3.0) > Speed 1.8 GHz CPU 1 Cache 512 Ko RAM 1 Go > Bus speed 600 MHz ROM version 5.2.2f4 > UUID 00000000-0000-1000-8000-000D93B9ABC2 > > Hi, > One of my friend with the iMac above is having lots of trouble to start his > machine first time in the morning. > It seems that unplugging from the wall and plugging back, then pushing the > start button in the back many times is the only way to go. This is a > haphazard process meaning that it can start after a few tries or after many. > Once it has start in the morning, restarting for the rest of the day is OK. > Only other problem on this iMac was trouble to awake after sleep. My friend > disabled the sleep function as short cut solution. > Can this startup problem caused by an hair crack somewhere that is wider > when cold? > Waiting for any help you can provide, > JC > PS On my suggestion, the iMac has been cleaned up with ONYX, because it was > slow has molasse. It is now OK. > Also I make him try the Command-Option-P-R incantation to no avail. If you > need more info just ask. But pardon my FrenchGlish. > > -- 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
