On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 17:47:16 +0100, Mark Benson wrote: >Early Rev models (Tray Loaders) tend to cook PAV board as this sort of >age, seen no end of people on the iMac list complaining of 'Orange Light >of Death' and things like the power cutting out at random. In my opinion >the G3 iMac is a flawed design. OK a normal CRT has no fan but when you >put in there the heat of a hard disk, RAM and CPU then you have to drive >the heat out mechanically.
and on Thu, 5 Aug 2004 18:27:12 +0100, Richard Johnson wrote: >The problem is with the earlier G3 iMacs (of which I have one staring >sadly at me at the moment) having a poor flyback transformer which used >to fry round about the 5/6 year mark in my case, earlier in some. I >believe the problem was fixed in later revisions. Ah, I see. So its good that I have a later model (slot-loader) :-) ...but bad because unlike the tray-loader there's no fan to help keep my faithful friend cool :-( Neil -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
