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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
G5 doesn't do ANYTHING, no boot, no noise
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<blockquote data-quote="lastguy" data-source="post: 1124500" data-attributes="member: 175334"><p><strong>dead Imac G5</strong></p><p></p><p>Just had the same problem with my iMac I have had since new in 2005. Went to Apple store. They opened it up and found the capacitors on the motherboard had "popped" i.e. the tops were now convex instead of concave. They wanted $600 to replace the entire MB. Found an independent mac repair shop that just replaced the capacitors for $200. Works fine now. The urban rumor is that Apple was supplied a bad batch of capacitors for these machines and about half of them pop. As previously noted, could be other things as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lastguy, post: 1124500, member: 175334"] [b]dead Imac G5[/b] Just had the same problem with my iMac I have had since new in 2005. Went to Apple store. They opened it up and found the capacitors on the motherboard had "popped" i.e. the tops were now convex instead of concave. They wanted $600 to replace the entire MB. Found an independent mac repair shop that just replaced the capacitors for $200. Works fine now. The urban rumor is that Apple was supplied a bad batch of capacitors for these machines and about half of them pop. As previously noted, could be other things as well. [/QUOTE]
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