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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
iMac G5 20" Mid 2005 (Maybe)
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1817196" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>Good luck. </p><p></p><p>I'm too old to get into such Mac repairs these days and any such enthusiasm I used to have waned many years ago.</p><p></p><p>It definitely looks like you may be be fixing a fix. Not the best situation at all.</p><p></p><p>PS: There was a period many years ago where the factory applied thermal paste had been applied as thought was done by a five-year-old, and just smeared all over the place. I can't remember what years or period that was. But it might have been close to the bad caps era.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague</a></p><p></p><p>That G5 is probably from that era as you no doubt know.</p><p></p><p>At least caps are usually cheap enough and made better these days.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1817196, member: 175845"] Good luck. I'm too old to get into such Mac repairs these days and any such enthusiasm I used to have waned many years ago. It definitely looks like you may be be fixing a fix. Not the best situation at all. PS: There was a period many years ago where the factory applied thermal paste had been applied as thought was done by a five-year-old, and just smeared all over the place. I can't remember what years or period that was. But it might have been close to the bad caps era. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague[/url] That G5 is probably from that era as you no doubt know. At least caps are usually cheap enough and made better these days. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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