On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Fuffkin wrote: > My son snapped off the power button of my imac g4 (it tended to be a little > sticky and he used a little too much force trying to unstick it). Anyway, the > mac was in great shape, no problems at all since the day I bought it, but now > I can't turn the thing on anymore. I've asked around and everyone seems to > say this seemingly simple problem is a big huge deal. I don't care if I can't > ever turn it off, I just want the darn thing to be on and running again, even > if just for a while so I can say goodbye. I'm not ready to give up and throw > away a perfectly good computer just because a tiny little button came off. > Anyone have any suggestions, fixes, tricks, magic chants, etc.? Any help at > all would really be appreciated. Thanks
IIRC, there are two buttons on the logic board, one of which powers it on, the other resets the PMC. I don't know which is which off hand. You should be able to find out with a web search. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
