On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Christopher Satterfield < christopher1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I myself have never had any problems with school iMacs or anyone's really. > The only problem I have ever observed that can't be fixed from something in > a parts bin was one iMac that wouldn't burn DVDs unless it was laying on > it's back, weird but that did the trick. We ended up replacing the drive > with a firewire drive. The particular iMac is a 17" 2 GHz Core 2 Duo model, > and it's the one out of around 10 that came up with a problem at all. > > If I were going to say the most troublesome iMac I've ever seen, I would > say the iMac G5, killed by cheap (probably) Chinese caps. > > I had 2 major problems with my iMac G5 ALS: Bad Bluetooth/WiFi Module and it's socket on the logic board; both replaced under AppleCare (years ago) Dead power supply a couple of months ago; I ordered a new one and replaced the dead one. Not bad for a 7+ year-old machine. -- Sincerely, Dennis -- 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