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iMac G5 1058 power switch on logic board

Posted by: bengi3 on 2020-12-18 22:33:08 The iMac G5 has a power button on the back cover that shorts two pin located on a switch soldered to the logic board. The switch is broken and I can only power the iMac using the power pads.    Cannot get to locate this part in the market. Any hints?

Posted by: bengi3 on 2020-12-21 07:35:42 FOLLOW UP This iMac had two power problems: 1) the power button on the back plate gone 2) the power switch on the logic board de soldered. I isolated the power button with insulated tape, re-soldered the switch and then soldered two wires from the brass pods (see pictures) and routed outside the case through the vented grille. Now I can power the iMac by shorting the two wires. This is a temporary solution because this iMac has also some random and rare video artifacts that are sign if a dying GPU. Nice experiment though.

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