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#534756 - 09/06/10 03:23 PM iMac G5 problems
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	My in-law's iMac G5 went belly up the other day. No immediate known cause, but when I looked at it, I knew that I couldn't fix anything on it. Would this be the video card, motherboard, or ? Here's the Apple on startup. Notice how it's not solid color and has like a split to it: Click for full size And here's the furthest it gets. It won't eject the CD I put in it. I can't boot it into anything else or off of a CD/DVD that I can tell. Click for full size
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#534757 - 09/06/10 03:29 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9813 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Connect it to another Mac via FW and boot the 2nd Mac from this Macs OS. That should let you know if it's just the vid-card or if it's more. _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#534758 - 09/06/10 03:31 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: NucleusG4]
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	What keys do you hold down to boot it? It's firewire target disk mode, correct?
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#534760 - 09/06/10 03:36 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	It's not the model that had the "exploding" resistors on the motherboard, is it? _________________________
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#534761 - 09/06/10 03:40 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: MacBozo]
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	i don't know,what models were those? And when I started it up via Firewire Target disk mode, it appears normal: Click for full size
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#534765 - 09/06/10 04:00 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	Now it boots to a blue screen after I reset the PRAM.
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#534783 - 09/06/10 10:38 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
Jim_ aka Reboot Registered: 04/21/02 Posts: 12968 Loc: Columbus OH	Video card probably. Can it Safe Boot? Shift key down at startup. The video card isn't expensive but it's the last item on the take apart list. Like Michael said, some models had the bad capacitors. Take the back off and see if any caps are bulging or leaking, but I don't think that would affect video, it just kills the machine. _________________________ AppleCentral Trivia MM-MCF Trivia Call the Doctor
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#534788 - 09/06/10 11:54 PM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
NucleusG4 MasterBlaster Registered: 04/19/02 Posts: 9813 Loc: Miami, Fl.	Been a little while since I did this but after you have it mounted via FW Target Disk mode go to preferences and Start Up Disks and select the one on the "bad" machine and restart. _________________________ http://davidbearphotography.com/
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#534801 - 09/07/10 04:31 AM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: Jim_]
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	No, can't start up in Safe mode, I did that earlier and it only goes to the blue screen. NG4, there is no option to go to preferences or anything in FW target disk mode. It only displayed the firewire symbol and then the HD appears on my iMac.
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#534804 - 09/07/10 04:37 AM Re: iMac G5 problems [Re: John Rougeux]
John Rougeux Member # -1 Registered: 11/06/08 Posts: 5434 Loc: Louisville, KY	Ok, I am wrong. Apparently it does boot up into Safe mode now. I'm now logged in, but the graphics are horrible. inserted and now trying to boot off of Hardware Test mode. Edited by John Rougeux (09/07/10 04:41 AM)
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