I thought about that, but my situation was a bad power surge, which Apple said wasn't a failure under 'normal' conditions and therefore would be a routine repair (my iMac was almost 4 yrs old and out of warranty at the time)
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Dennis Faulkner <appleimacd...@mac.com>wrote: > I would call Apple again, isn't this a known problem with this model? My > logic board went out on my IMac, one of the last with the Motorola chip - and > Apple replaced mine with the Intel chip version, as they could not get the > part for mine at that time - I would nicely ask them for help with this - and > if they absolutely refuse, keep asking for a higher manager - as a last > resort, maybe say you will bring it to the attention of the BBB - > > Dennis, San Diego > > > > On Saturday, December 05, 2009, at 05:40PM, <sgcole...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > Well the verdict from the Genious Bar is the logic board is going. > Estimated repair, Apple - $500, outside contractor $350 +. Either way we've > decided not to repair it and just chalk the whole experience up to 'S--- > Happens'. > > Thanks for all the suggestions, it helps to have a group of knowledgeable > people to ask when something goes wrong. > > Dave I'll contact you off list. > > Thanks All > > Sheri C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave" <cubs1...@gmail.com> > To: imaclist@googlegroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 1:17:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: horizontal lines > > Offer is and remains open! > I'm in Rochester, NY. > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:39 AM, <sgcole...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Dave >> >> Thanks for the offer. I think I'm going to check it with a monitor hooked >> up. If it still has the problem I will take you up on the offer. I will >> pay shipping of course. >> >> Part of our problem is we live an hour drive apart, so I only see her on >> weekends and not every weekend. >> >> I've borrowed a monitor from our IT guys here at work and will test it out >> this weekend. >> >> Thanks to all for the tips and suggestions, I'll let you all know what the >> outcome is. >> >> >> Sheri C >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dave" <cubs1...@gmail.com> >> To: imaclist@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 5:12:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: horizontal lines >> >> I hope someone here has a quick solution. >> If not, I have an extra iMac, free of charge, working fine. >> >> On 11/27/09, sgcole...@comcast.net <sgcole...@comcast.net> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > >> > I'm at my sister's house looking at her imac and there are horizontal >> lines >> > across the screen. >> > >> > >> > She is disabled (had a stroke and has severe speech center damage) and >> can't >> > tell me when this started or what she was doing at the time. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > 2 GHz Power PC G5 17" flat panel iMac running 10.4.11 (2GB RAM, 250GB >> HD) >> > >> > >> > Can anyone point me in the right direction to start looking for a >> solution? >> > If this is fixable is it worth the cost. She just bought this machine >> used 6 >> > months ago. She is on a fixed income and I can't afford to buy a new >> machine >> > for her either. >> > >> > >> > Thanks for any suggestions >> > >> > >> > -- > 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<imaclist%2bunsubscr...@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<imaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- __________________________________________ Jonathan D. Rowson, M.D. -- 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
