I'm with Richard, invest your money into a new machine. If your logic board went out, there could be more wrong with your machine than you want to face. What if the power supply is going too. Let's say the PS is letting voltage spike up and down. It could fry your next board.
Time to move up. MacAuthority can get you financing for a new iMac and you'll dig it a lot. I had serious buyers' remorse after I bought mine, but now I can't live without it. Invest another $500 in a Drobo and stack all your old disks into it and you're all set. OTOH, if you do decide to go the motherboard route, replacing one is no more difficult than replacing a hard drive. Apple's always been pretty good about putting them where you can get to them...mostly. Swing the door down and take a few photos of the board. Make plenty of notes, too. BE SURE YOU'RE GROUNDED! Then, just sit the new board next to the old one and move the connectors from one to the other, one at a time. There may be a screw or two holding the old board in, but they should be easily accessible. Get everything back together, disconnect everything except the mouse, keyboard and monitor, fire it up and watch for smoke. Good luck. rob On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Jonathan Fletcher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 30, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Richard Nevels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I am new to this group so please excuse any protocol violations. I own > > a Powermac G5, 1.8 dual processor, purchased in January 2005. Recently > > the machine went haywire, with crashes, problems with starting, etc. I > > took it to the Apple store for diagnosis ($85) and possible repair. > > The verdict is a bad logic board, but possibly bad processor(s). The > > cost at the Apple store was $900, E'lan Technologies (recommended by > > the Apple Store) was $700, and MacAuthority wants approx. $700. There > > is one place in Fremont, CA, DT&T Computer Services, that will do the > > entire job for $595, and that includes return shipping, with a 6 month > > warranty on repairs and parts. All others provide the standard 90 day > > warranty. While I have swapped out HD's, memory and I am pretty > > comfortable working inside the Powermac, replacing a logic board is, I > > think, beyond my expertise. According to ?lan Technologies there are 4 > > possible logic boards for my model, so ordering the correct board > > would be the first problem. The costs of some of the logic boards on > > line cost $600-$700. So, I'm looking for a little advice. If you have > > any experience with MacAuthority, E'lan Technologies, other repair > > services or burned out logic boards in a PowerMac, please respond. > > > > Richard, > > Don't do it! > > Don't buy a logic board. Buy a whole computer. There are plenty of > used _working_ 1.8 Dual G5s out there for about the same price as that > logic board. for instance, this one: > > <http://www.megamacs.com/main/index.php?action=view&pid=104339&BL=1> > > Also if you're going to spend that kind of money, why not go Intel. Do > you really need all that expansion or do you just need speed. Even a > brand new $700 Mac Mini would be faster than that (well, maybe not > with PhotoShop). Also, if you were additionally in the market for a > large screen you can do a _lot_ worse than the $999 24in Intel iMacs > that they have at MacAuthority. > > Depends on if you _really_ need the expansion slots. You're a photog, > so I can imagine you might, so a used "cheese grater" could be the > ticket. If not, I'd go with an Intel processor for greater forward > compatibility. Greg's idea is also good: refurbs on the Apple online > store. > > j. > > ps. BTW, welcome to the group! > > Mac Users = Geeks With a Sense of Style > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 28 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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