Thanks for the offer. Unless I'm killed by postage I might just as
well take you up on it.
Just to understand the market. These are not any new boards out
there for these machines? Those that can be found are salvaged ones
with replaced
capacitors?
I've suffered the dreaded G5
A search on ebay (uk) shows two new g5 boards, one for a 17 imac and one
for a pro, both £400.
Capacitor repair kits are available for £13.
It's a matter of soldering on 31 capacitors.
Give the cost of parts, the time and faff on, Andy TheMac's offer of £60 is
reasonable.
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So the US ones I saw that come at around 150 USD and are labelled
used may just as wel have the crappy capacitors still on?
A search on ebay (uk) shows two new g5 boards, one for a 17 imac
and one for a pro, both £400.
Capacitor repair kits are available for £13.
It's a matter of
Not necessarily. But the likelihood of them popping on any used motherboard
is greater with age and more so in the case of the G5's.
I would never repair a pc motherboard, just throw it away, it's not cost
effective.
But with the prices for the G5's being so high, I recommend you get your
If it is the reason for the failure of your motherboard, replacing
them will be not only cheaper than a used replacement, but will
certainly increase the chances of it lasting longer than a used one.
So I figured. Glad you agree. Hope Andy pays you a percentage. ;-)
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I've suffered the dreaded G5 capacitor collapse. Since I don't think
I'll manage replacing them I'm thinking of replacing the entire logic
board. Any ideas where one can find one?
Anders
I've successfully repaired dozens. If you're in the uk I can help (you could
remove the logic board,
On 2011/05/09 15:14, Gottick International so eloquently wrote:
I've suffered the dreaded G5 capacitor collapse. Since I don't think
I'll manage replacing them I'm thinking of replacing the entire logic
board. Any ideas where one can find one?
The LEM swap list and ebay are the first things
