Re: 24" Intel iMac video failures

2014-05-06 Thread Brian McDonald
I have a 2007 24" that is still purring like a baby kitten. No video issues at all, still runs most games too. Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > > >> On May 6, 2014, at 5:42 PM, GMail Valter Psicof >> wrote: >> >> Il giorno 06/05/14 20.27, "Jim Scott" h

RE: iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread Brandon Nichols
Well, bad capacitors is a common problem with this model of machine. Perhaps, this is your problem. There is a chance it could be a failing analog board as well. I'd defiantly have it checked out. Is it a PowerPc or Intel based computer? Let me know how it goes!Thanks,Brandon Nichols Date: Tue,

Re: 24" Intel iMac video failures

2014-05-06 Thread Jim Scott
On May 6, 2014, at 5:42 PM, GMail Valter Psicof wrote: > Il giorno 06/05/14 20.27, "Jim Scott" ha scritto: > >> be quite leery of >> any 24" Intel iMac (BGA failures of video chips on daughterboards). > > Jim, are you talking about ANY 24" Intel Macs, or just the earlier versions? > > Because

24" Intel iMac video failures

2014-05-06 Thread GMail Valter Psicof
Il giorno 06/05/14 20.27, "Jim Scott" ha scritto: > be quite leery of > any 24" Intel iMac (BGA failures of video chips on daughterboards). Jim, are you talking about ANY 24" Intel Macs, or just the earlier versions? Because I own an Early 2009 24" Intel Mac, 2.93 GHz with an ATI Radeon 4850 gra

Re: iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread lrbarrios
Wow! Thanks for all the info Jim. Well, at least now I know what the problem is. I've been dealing with this problem since I've had the machine, but never said anything about it. I thought it would be difficult to describe and for someone else to help me diagnose the issue. Turns out my G5

Re: iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread Jim Scott
On May 6, 2014, at 9:19 AM, lrbarrios wrote: > I have an iMac G5 that has a couple strange problems. The problem has been > happening ever since I got it from my company about 3 years ago. While it > was at the office, I know it had been taken into the shop a number of times > for some work

iMac G5 crashes/doesn't wake up

2014-05-06 Thread lrbarrios
I have an iMac G5 that has a couple strange problems. The problem has been happening ever since I got it from my company about 3 years ago. While it was at the office, I know it had been taken into the shop a number of times for some work (don't know exact what the issue was). I do know that