Hey All,
First post, first mac, but not a technology lightweight, so hopefully you guys can help me out.
Here's the situation: Ordered my first mac ever off of E-Bay. Power Mac G5 late 2005 with dual core 2.3ghz, etc etc. Great price, very excited. Bad news, Fed Ex dropped it and the thing won't turn on.(and no insurance so no dice on the claim.. ) No lights on the front panel when the power button is pressed, no fans, no drives spinning. Disassembled and tested the power supply, 5V coming out of the appropriate pins. So power is good. No signs of wear and tear or damage to the logic board, and the CPU and heat sink seemed to be mounted correctly. I take a look at the front panel board and notice during tear down that one of the posts that it attaches itself (via two black screws) to the logic board has been separated from the board. The impact was on the bottom of the case from the front so this may have been the casualty. Is there a way that the front panel board is damaged to a point where it will not start the computer? Or is it a necessity that the logic board connecting post be physically attached to the logic board. I have pictures of both if necessary. To the untrained eye they seem reasonably fine. Some signs of trauma around the openings for the screws on the front panel board, but other than that not horrible looking.
OK, thanks for reading my ramblings. Any info would be much appreciated. Especially a way that I might test the front panel board to ensure it is the problem, or anything that leads to my power mac becoming more than just a paperweight worth over $500.
Thanks so much,
Sean
First post, first mac, but not a technology lightweight, so hopefully you guys can help me out.
Here's the situation: Ordered my first mac ever off of E-Bay. Power Mac G5 late 2005 with dual core 2.3ghz, etc etc. Great price, very excited. Bad news, Fed Ex dropped it and the thing won't turn on.(and no insurance so no dice on the claim.. ) No lights on the front panel when the power button is pressed, no fans, no drives spinning. Disassembled and tested the power supply, 5V coming out of the appropriate pins. So power is good. No signs of wear and tear or damage to the logic board, and the CPU and heat sink seemed to be mounted correctly. I take a look at the front panel board and notice during tear down that one of the posts that it attaches itself (via two black screws) to the logic board has been separated from the board. The impact was on the bottom of the case from the front so this may have been the casualty. Is there a way that the front panel board is damaged to a point where it will not start the computer? Or is it a necessity that the logic board connecting post be physically attached to the logic board. I have pictures of both if necessary. To the untrained eye they seem reasonably fine. Some signs of trauma around the openings for the screws on the front panel board, but other than that not horrible looking.
OK, thanks for reading my ramblings. Any info would be much appreciated. Especially a way that I might test the front panel board to ensure it is the problem, or anything that leads to my power mac becoming more than just a paperweight worth over $500.
Thanks so much,
Sean