Re: replacement Hard Drive

2009-12-02 Thread Tim Stephens
On 2 Dec 2009, at 05:22, Kasey Smith wrote: On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:14 PM, Christian Wacker wrote: SNIP! Keep in mind that you should only get a 120GB hard drive as this Mac cannot see past the first 8GB of a drive. Not true, the OS needs to be installed on the first 8gb, but it can

turns off with a slight click

2009-12-02 Thread gladys pérez-almiroty
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

Re: turns off with a slight click

2009-12-02 Thread Elliott Price
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

Re: turns off with a slight click

2009-12-02 Thread Fabian Fang
On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:00 AM, gladys pérez-almiroty wrote: 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.

Re: turns off with a slight click

2009-12-02 Thread Clark Martin
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