G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both cooked the logic boards. Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some components were obviously overheating. Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're still running a G5 iMac. Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some compensation? Mournfully, Mike Previous email... Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5 now... Very happy with my G4 however. Regards Warwick Gaff On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both cooked the logic boards. Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some components were obviously overheating. Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're still running a G5 iMac. Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some compensation? Mournfully, Mike Previous email... Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have one that has fans running hot. tom samson On 07/06/2009, at 5:23 PM, Mike Murray wrote: Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both cooked the logic boards. Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some components were obviously overheating. Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're still running a G5 iMac. Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some compensation? Mournfully, Mike Previous email... Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger On Mon Jun 8 9:53 , Warwick Gaff cappadonag...@virginbroadband.com.au sent: Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5 now... Very happy with my G4 however. Regards Warwick Gaff On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both cooked the logic boards. Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some components were obviously overheating. Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're still running a G5 iMac. Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some compensation? Mournfully, Mike Previous email... Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program. I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that might just be a function of age, i.e. we're now getting to the end-of- life stage! Re symptoms: The earlier G5 (that failed last year) had persistent problems of not waking up from sleep and odd power-related issues including very occasional fans running unexpectedly. Eventually it wouldn't wake up at all. The later one with isight camera that failed last week had mysterious fan running issues for some months, usually when it was asleep and unattended. We'd go into the room in the morning and the fans would be roaring, no idea if they'd been going all night or started up when it heard us approach! Tom, if the fans are running hot I would say it's on its way out. Maybe in 3 months, maybe in the next few minutes. Warwick, based on my limited experience (2 failures out of 2) I would recommend not buying a second hand G5 iMac. We still have a Tibook (400 G4) and a G3 slot-loading iMac, merrily continuing their happy lives without a hitch. And now two very recent iMacs (and a couple of reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out). As someone said recently, things break. Backup is the key. Cheers Mike On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have one that has fans running hot. tom samson Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5 now... Very happy with my G4 however. Regards Warwick Gaff -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
Hi Mike I also had a newer G5 at the office that had the same issue as yours and it was just out of the 3 year applecare warranty, I have asked Apple for an extension and am waiting to hear if they will cover it! I personally would never buy a G5 iMac but go for one of the newer intel ones instead. regards Roger On Mon Jun 8 10:32 , Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au sent: Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program. I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that might just be a function of age, i.e. we're now getting to the end-of- life stage! Re symptoms: The earlier G5 (that failed last year) had persistent problems of not waking up from sleep and odd power-related issues including very occasional fans running unexpectedly. Eventually it wouldn't wake up at all. The later one with isight camera that failed last week had mysterious fan running issues for some months, usually when it was asleep and unattended. We'd go into the room in the morning and the fans would be roaring, no idea if they'd been going all night or started up when it heard us approach! Tom, if the fans are running hot I would say it's on its way out. Maybe in 3 months, maybe in the next few minutes. Warwick, based on my limited experience (2 failures out of 2) I would recommend not buying a second hand G5 iMac. We still have a Tibook (400 G4) and a G3 slot-loading iMac, merrily continuing their happy lives without a hitch. And now two very recent iMacs (and a couple of reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out). As someone said recently, things break. Backup is the key. Cheers Mike On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have one that has fans running hot. tom samson Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5 now... Very happy with my G4 however. Regards Warwick Gaff -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start - ever again. Update
On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Guys quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and leaking capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but not sure if it is still available? Regards Roger But there may be other ways : take a read of the mails from unhappy G5 imac'ers here http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/imacg5/topic2264.html All we need somebody here who can replace capacitors .. and source replacement Power Supplies where needed . Logic board is a different story Bob On Mon Jun 8 9:53 , Warwick Gaff cappadonag...@virginbroadband.com.au sent: Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new iMacs today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I was going to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out there going for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off gutting a G5 now... Very happy with my G4 however. Regards Warwick Gaff On 7/6/09 5:23 PM, Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi muggers Just to bring you up to date on my recent plea for help; my G5 iMac has been diagnosed with a logic board failure = a new imac. Gulp. So now we have a new 20 inch aluminium iMac. That's the second G5 iMac we've totalled in less than a year. I'm an avid fan of things Mac but this seems to be taking built in obsolescence too far. Both machines were about 3 1/2 years old, both cooked the logic boards. Only symptom...fans starting to fire up randomly; on reflection some components were obviously overheating. Moral of the story; backup every day and expect failure if you're still running a G5 iMac. Has anyone had success in pleading a case with Apple for some compensation? Mournfully, Mike Previous email... Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au ) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start
Hi Mike, Wonder if it is your motherboard battery that has gone flat. I know that if this battery goes the machine may not boot at all. Can you remember if your date and time was being kept accurately last time the machine booted? If you have had to reset the time and date a few times this would indicate the RAM battery going flat. Sorry can't help you with opening the iMac, I have no experience with this particular model but go to the following Apple link for instructions: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/imacG5_allModels_BackupBattery.pdf Best of luck, Philippe Chaperon 2009/5/27 Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au: Hi all Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start
Thanks for the advice Philippe Further research indicates that 'there are no user serviceable parts in this model' and the back doesn't come off readily. The link you gave is for the earlier G5 imacs. So today's job is to find an Apple repairer and await the diagnosis...which I fear may be grim. Mike On 27/05/2009, at 10:54 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Mike, Wonder if it is your motherboard battery that has gone flat. I know that if this battery goes the machine may not boot at all. Can you remember if your date and time was being kept accurately last time the machine booted? If you have had to reset the time and date a few times this would indicate the RAM battery going flat. Sorry can't help you with opening the iMac, I have no experience with this particular model but go to the following Apple link for instructions: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/imacG5_allModels_BackupBattery.pdf Best of luck, Philippe Chaperon 2009/5/27 Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au: Hi all Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: G5 imac won't start
On 28/05/2009, at 5:55 AM, Mike Murray wrote: Thanks for the advice Philippe Further research indicates that 'there are no user serviceable parts in this model' and the back doesn't come off readily. The link you gave is for the earlier G5 imacs. So today's job is to find an Apple repairer and await the diagnosis...which I fear may be grim. Mike See how many other people have had trouble with a G5 iMac http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/imacg5/topic2264.html On 27/05/2009, at 10:54 PM, Philippe Chaperon wrote: Hi Mike, Wonder if it is your motherboard battery that has gone flat. I know that if this battery goes the machine may not boot at all. Can you remember if your date and time was being kept accurately last time the machine booted? If you have had to reset the time and date a few times this would indicate the RAM battery going flat. Sorry can't help you with opening the iMac, I have no experience with this particular model but go to the following Apple link for instructions: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ imacG5_allModels_BackupBattery.pdf Best of luck, Philippe Chaperon 2009/5/27 Mike Murray mdmur...@bigpond.net.au: Hi all Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- J Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
G5 imac won't start
Hi all Our sole remaining G5 iMac in the fleet has decided to play up. This morning when trying to wake it up as normal the screen remained black and the fans started to roar. Held the off switch down for 5 seconds and it shut down. left it for a while, unplugged everything, switched it on. The light came on, very slightly pulsing, but no chime. Dark screen. After about a minute the fans came on again, so shut it down again. Repeated the process a couple of times. Thinking there may be a dust build up inside I tried to get the back off, loosened the three screws, but couldn't get the back off...seems very tight and I didn't want to wriggle it too much. Opinions sought. Is there an easy solution that I'm overlooking? Cheers Mike Mike Murray and Lesley Silvester TimeTrackers East Fremantle Western Australia Tel 08 9339 8078 Fax 08 9339 0519 British and Australian genealogical and historical research, education, publishing and film-making www.timetrackers.com.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
