Our iMac did the same thing replaced the power supply but no luck, have to pull the motherboard off and check the capacitors
On 29/12/2010, at 11:01 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > > A good starting point could be Charles at Macs-4-U Midland > > 08 9274 7111 > > macs-...@westnet.com.au > > 269 Great Eastern Highway, Midland. > > Regards, > > Adrian > adrianske...@me.com > > On 29/12/2010, at 5:39 PM, Clinton Ducas wrote: > >> >> Hello all, >> >> I'm hoping someone may be able to give me their opinion on my late 2006 >> model 17" iMac with the 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. >> >> After using it for about an hour and a half, I shut it down and walked away, >> only to hear and loud bang about a minute later. Smoke was smelt and seen >> rising from the rear. Unsurprisingly, it now refuses to power up. >> >> I expect I'm looking at a new power supply - can anyone impart their >> experiences with this type of occurrence? Where do you prefer to source your >> parts? I'm fairly experienced with computer internals and would rather >> undertake repairs myself than hand it over to a shop or Apple themselves. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Clinton >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> -- 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> >> > > > > > -- 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> > Ashley Mulder Bachelor of Science (Forensic and Analytical Chemistry) (Forensic Science Hons.) Student Ambassador Curtin University ashley.mul...@student.curtin.edu.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>
