Re: iMac G5 1.8Ghz 20' capacitor replacement

2010-03-25 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/23/10 5:29 AM, Jay T wrote: Hey guys I have taken apart and put back together a LOT of macs, but I have never soldered anything to anything in there and I'm a little nervous here. I recently bought a used iMac G5 1st gen 1.8ghz and it boots up and operates quite well for extended periods.

Re: iMac G5 1.8Ghz 20' capacitor replacement

2010-03-25 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/24/10 2:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 24, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Jim Scott wrote: The most difficult part -- aside from my steep soldering learning curve ascent -- was removing the original capacitors. Apple used lead-free solder in those iMacs, and I literally burned up several solder

Re: System Preferences is very slow to open.

2010-03-25 Thread Earle Jones
On Mar 25, 2010, at 1:29 AM, Clark Martin wrote: On 3/23/10 7:21 PM, Earle Jones wrote: Intel iMac Sys 10.6.2 System Preferences takes a very lng time to open. How long? What is going wrong? If I click the dock icon, it bounces forever. Forever as in you literally die

Re: System Preferences is very slow to open.

2010-03-25 Thread Clark Martin
On 3/25/10 9:55 AM, Earle Jones wrote: First time this morning: I click on 'System Preferences' in the dock. After 30 or 40 bounces without opening, I click on it and hold the click. The 'Force Quit' is lit, so I click on 'Force Quit'. It quits bouncing. Try the same thing again: Click