iMac G5 makes my xmas sad (help)

2011-12-25 Thread Charliefrown
Hello, I bought this 17 iMac G5 1.9 Ghz iSight model with OSX 10.4.11. First issue I noticed was no response to Power button. The seller gave me a tip, which turned out to be resetting SMU procedure. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it gets powered off in the middle of BONG, figured out I need to

Re: iMac G5 makes my xmas sad (help)

2011-12-25 Thread Christopher Satterfield
It sounds like a power supply issue or a processor issue. I had a Power Mac G5 that would cause the take off mode when doing anything intensive, then it would lock up, and it turned out I had a bad processor. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for

Re: iMac G5 makes my xmas sad (help)

2011-12-25 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 25, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Christopher Satterfield wrote: It sounds like a power supply issue or a processor issue. I had a Power Mac G5 that would cause the take off mode when doing anything intensive, then it would lock up, and it turned out I had a bad processor. The key is that it's