Hi Merv,
What were your results please; is the problem fixed?
If you haven't recently cleaned the dust from all of the intake and exhaust
vents, I would suggest you do.
Turn the iMac OFF and disconnect power cable anything attached to the iMac.
Find the air vents, there is one along the top,
Sorry for the delay in responding.
Did as you suggested Ronni, but no change - including the vacuuming and
the use of my puffer for removing dust from photos.
A day or so later one of my sons, the only one immersed in Macs, called
by and went through the procedures as well. He agreed with you
Merv,
If you have the capacity, removing the back cover of the iMac, if I recall
correctly, exposes the main board.
The capacitors are small round devices about 10mm across and stand up from the
board, not laid across it like a resistor normally is.
They should be flat across the top of
Hi Merv,
Yes, thought it would be capacitors or Power box problem. The older iMacs were
well known to have this issue.
Hey Merv...the iMac is a 2004 model isn't it time for a new iMac for your wife?
;-)
Incidentally, her machine has firewire 400 only. Using SuperDuper I had
been making
Useful to know. I'll save this information.
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On 17/11/2013, at 6:16 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Merv,
Try Reset SMU Reset PRAM NVRAM
Reset SMU of
Hi Merv,
Try Reset SMU Reset PRAM NVRAM
Reset SMU of your iMac
Turn off your iMac
Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord.
Wait 10-50 seconds.
Plug in the power cord while simultaneously pressing and holding the power
button on the back of the computer.
Let go of the
On 17/11/2013, at 6:16, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
If this does not fix, you might have problem with the capacitors on the logic
board.
This is what got mine too. It might be some other transient glitch, but bulging
capacitors are a known problem on some of the older iMacs.
If/when
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