eMac - My eMac dilema

bwbojo · bwbojo #1 (**permalink**)

01-25-2008, 04:52 PM

I just bought two eMacs off of ebay... they did not come with an OS. I installed Tiger and a few programs (MS Office, Firefox). One eMac is running beautifully, the other keeps freezing up. It freezes sometimes when turning it on, sometimes when the screensaver kicks on, and almost everytime I use MS Excel to work on a spreadsheet. I don't know much about computers, but I did check the specs for the OS and the eMac has everything (it runs a 1.25 GHz processor, and 512 Mb ram). Might I have some bum hardware in the eMac? Or should I erase the HD and start over (a software glitch?). Puzzled.
Thanks for your advise.
- Brian

sjwill55 · sjwill55 #2 (**permalink**)

02-15-2008, 05:55 AM

Sorry to say this, but I have recently had to remove three eMac 1.25mz machines from service permanently, that had the same symptoms as yours. I looked up the problem of eMac freezing and found that there is a recognized faulty with them. Something to do with the capacitors getting too hot set next to the CRT. Mac don't make them like this anymore. Looks like you have bum hardware.

Alexis · Alexis #3 (**permalink**)

02-15-2008, 06:12 AM

Try swapping the memory over. Dodgy memory can cause system freezes.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

02-15-2008, 04:42 PM

You should be aware Apple recognizes capacitor problems with 1.25GHz eMacs and there is a warranty replacement program in place for certain model/serial numbers. Check out this link and act urgently if your machine falls within these numbers:-

http://www.apple.com/support/emac/re...ensionprogram/

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bwbojo #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 12, 2008 Posts: 2	01-25-2008, 04:52 PM I just bought two eMacs off of ebay... they did not come with an OS. I installed Tiger and a few programs (MS Office, Firefox). One eMac is running beautifully, the other keeps freezing up. It freezes sometimes when turning it on, sometimes when the screensaver kicks on, and almost everytime I use MS Excel to work on a spreadsheet. I don't know much about computers, but I did check the specs for the OS and the eMac has everything (it runs a 1.25 GHz processor, and 512 Mb ram). Might I have some bum hardware in the eMac? Or should I erase the HD and start over (a software glitch?). Puzzled. Thanks for your advise. - Brian
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sjwill55 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 15, 2008 Posts: 3	02-15-2008, 05:55 AM Sorry to say this, but I have recently had to remove three eMac 1.25mz machines from service permanently, that had the same symptoms as yours. I looked up the problem of eMac freezing and found that there is a recognized faulty with them. Something to do with the capacitors getting too hot set next to the CRT. Mac don't make them like this anymore. Looks like you have bum hardware.
	QUOTE Thanks

harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,078 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	02-15-2008, 04:42 PM You should be aware Apple recognizes capacitor problems with 1.25GHz eMacs and there is a warranty replacement program in place for certain model/serial numbers. Check out this link and act urgently if your machine falls within these numbers:- http://www.apple.com/support/emac/re...ensionprogram/
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