On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Fuffkin wrote: > My son snapped off the power button of my imac g4 (it tended to be a little > sticky and he used a little too much force trying to unstick it). Anyway, the > mac was in great shape, no problems at all since the day I bought it, but now > I can't turn the thing on anymore. I've asked around and everyone seems to > say this seemingly simple problem is a big huge deal. I don't care if I can't > ever turn it off, I just want the darn thing to be on and running again, even > if just for a while so I can say goodbye. I'm not ready to give up and throw > away a perfectly good computer just because a tiny little button came off. > Anyone have any suggestions, fixes, tricks, magic chants, etc.? Any help at > all would really be appreciated. Thanks
IIRC, there are two buttons on the logic board, one of which powers it on, the other resets the PMC. I don't know which is which off hand. You should be able to find out with a web search. -- -- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
