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Posted by: 4seasonphoto on 2009-10-18 14:43:17
Scored a working iMac G5 from my employer, but need to recap the power supply and motherboard before I dare to use it much. Got several others which aren't powering up at all, but don't know if recapping + new fuse would fix or not. All have bulging/leaking electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard or power supply (usually both). I hope to restore, add AP+BT+Tiger+Classic for some vintage gaming.
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Posted by: Hrududu on 2009-10-18 18:11:49
Free Macs are always worth every penny no matter what condition!
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2009-10-19 02:39:34
Hehehehehe welcome to the club of free iMac G5's! When I got mine it had no leaky caps just some ram problems and it was like a gift! It replaced my iMac G3 350!
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Posted by: ken27238 on 2009-10-19 10:17:32
I agree a free mac in any condition is AWESOME!!!!! (all of mine were free 😀 )
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Posted by: 4seasonphoto on 2009-10-20 11:57:56
I count 25 motherboard capacitors to replace, and then I get to work on the power supply!
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Posted by: Mars478 on 2009-10-20 14:45:10
ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead.
In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you.
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Posted by: 4seasonphoto on 2009-10-20 16:22:50
ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead.In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you. All 4 have bulging/burst capacitors in the power supply, even the one that still powers up OK.
This person suggests changing out all of the failure-prone parts, not just the one or two that are obviously shot:
http://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php
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