On May 20, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Eraina and Richard jenkins wrote: > Hello there, > > I've a good friend who has owned a 23 in iMac (G5) since new. > Recently, he went to turned it on and it gave a bit of a splat and just > did nothing. Not being a tecchie, he went to the local Apple shop. > They told him that parts for a 9 year old Mac are not available ... and > one thing led to another and they sold him a new iMac! Now I think > it's NOT the switch ... but more likely the power supply that has > 'karked it'. Are there any sources for exchange/repaired power > boards ... or do we have to look at component level repair? Is it a > recognised problem now that these machines have gone out of their > guarantee period?
I got a G5 iMac from a client once because it wouldn't power up (he'd already replaced it). It turned out to be bad caps on the logic board and in the power supply. I replaced the logic board caps myself but ended up buying a refurbished power supply. The iMac has been working fine for a couple of years now. -- -- 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.
