That sounds like the power supply. From what I've heard on the lists, those G5 iMac's power supplies tend to bite the dust.
-Elliott Price Mac Computer Repair - Santa Barbara Graphic Design - Artwork Setup Websites - Low Cost Custom Websites On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:00 AM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote: > happy holidays to all! > my aunt- she lives in an other town- just called me with this > conundrum: her imac g 5 code name hero, 1.8 ghz, running some version > of os 10.3 and maybe 2gb ram is turning itself off and when it does > you can hear a faint click. > i live 2 hours away and have not seen the machine when it does that. > knowing my aunt it has not been updated since the last time i was there. > any ideas? what should i bring to her when i go besides disk warrior? > would that even help? > if you have any other questions i can ask her. please help me!! > thanks in advanced > gladys > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist