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
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