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help: my G5 is having some major starting up problems
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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Charles" data-source="post: 18025"><p>Thanks for responding, my 'puter is still not fixed, I am simply too busy to go through the process right now, but I'm planning to do something later in the month- I assume you read the whole service tech Vs apple thing I wrote before so you will understand that the diagnosis is quite time consuming.</p><p>The "get around" I use is simple- I change energy saver in preferences to forbid sleep and uncheck the send hard drive to sleep option as well- then I activate a hot corner with screen saver and never turn my box off. Otherwise I'm stuck with booting-up 10 or so times to get it going properly (restart works fine- thank God). It might be the adaptor as you mentioned- but then it might be the logic board? </p><p>I work my system pretty hard, and as a whole have been really happy with its performance- minus this issue. I therefore assume the major inconvenience is probably a minor fault in actuality. I concur that apple is a premium product at top shelf prices and therefore we have the right to expect a smooth experience, but the reality is that the technology is quite new in the microprocessor genre- ie 1st generation 64 bit etc, which generally means in terms of technology, a roll of the dice. </p><p>Make sure for these reasons that you upgrage your warranty before the 1st year is up- thats what I will be doing!!</p><p>ps Brooke, which country are you in? I ask because it determines how you access apple service to some degree</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rob Charles, post: 18025"] Thanks for responding, my 'puter is still not fixed, I am simply too busy to go through the process right now, but I'm planning to do something later in the month- I assume you read the whole service tech Vs apple thing I wrote before so you will understand that the diagnosis is quite time consuming. The "get around" I use is simple- I change energy saver in preferences to forbid sleep and uncheck the send hard drive to sleep option as well- then I activate a hot corner with screen saver and never turn my box off. Otherwise I'm stuck with booting-up 10 or so times to get it going properly (restart works fine- thank God). It might be the adaptor as you mentioned- but then it might be the logic board? I work my system pretty hard, and as a whole have been really happy with its performance- minus this issue. I therefore assume the major inconvenience is probably a minor fault in actuality. I concur that apple is a premium product at top shelf prices and therefore we have the right to expect a smooth experience, but the reality is that the technology is quite new in the microprocessor genre- ie 1st generation 64 bit etc, which generally means in terms of technology, a roll of the dice. Make sure for these reasons that you upgrage your warranty before the 1st year is up- thats what I will be doing!! ps Brooke, which country are you in? I ask because it determines how you access apple service to some degree [/QUOTE]
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