Hi Mike I also had a newer G5 at the office that had the same issue as yours and it was just out of the 3 year applecare warranty, I have asked Apple for an extension and am waiting to hear if they will cover it!
I personally would never buy a G5 iMac but go for one of the newer intel ones instead. regards Roger On Mon Jun 8 10:32 , Mike Murray <mdmur...@bigpond.net.au> sent: >Roger, yes there was a program for fixing the first run G5s...it's now >been suspended. This latest failure was a later model (with isight >camera) and to my knowledge there's no such program. > I believe the problem is not as common in the later models, but that >might just be a function of age, i.e. we're now getting to the end-of- >life stage! > >Re symptoms: >The earlier G5 (that failed last year) had persistent problems of not >waking up from sleep and odd power-related issues including very >occasional fans running unexpectedly. Eventually it wouldn't wake up >at all. > >The later one with isight camera that failed last week had mysterious >fan running issues for some months, usually when it was asleep and >unattended. We'd go into the room in the morning and the fans would be >roaring, no idea if they'd been going all night or started up when it >heard us approach! > >Tom, if the fans are running hot I would say it's on its way out. >Maybe in 3 months, maybe in the next few minutes. > >Warwick, based on my limited experience (2 failures out of 2) I would >recommend not buying a second hand G5 iMac. We still have a Tibook >(400 G4) and a G3 slot-loading iMac, merrily continuing their happy >lives without a hitch. And now two very recent iMacs (and a couple of >reliable Macbooks). We've had various macs over many years and never >really had a problem (although on thinking about it there was a dog of >a powerbook with a screen problem that took some sorting out). > >As someone said recently, things break. > >Backup is the key. > >Cheers >Mike > > >On 08/06/2009, at 10:14 AM, rkor...@iinet.net.au wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> quite a few of the older G5 iMacs had a problems with bulging and >> leaking >> capacitors, there used to be an Apple repair program for them but >> not sure if it >> is still available? >> >> Regards >> >> Roger > > >> Did you notice any other failures in the machines processes. We have >> one that has fans running hot. >> tom samson > >> Can some one explain why the logic boards are failing in brand new >> iMacs >> today. When looking for the upgrade to my G3 a few months back I >> was going >> to buy a second hand G5 from ebay. There were heaps of iMacs out >> there going >> for cheap ($50-$150) with this problem. Why? I've been put off >> gutting a G5 >> now... Very happy with my G4 however. >> >> Regards >> >> Warwick Gaff > >-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >Unsubscribe - wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au','','','')">wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
