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>
