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iMac G5 1058 power switch on logic board

bengi3

Well-known member
The iMac G5 has a power button on the back cover that shorts two pin located on a switch soldered to the logic board.

The switch is broken and I can only power the iMac using the power pads. 
 

Cannot get to locate this part in the market.

Any hints?

 

bengi3

Well-known member
FOLLOW UP

This iMac had two power problems:

1) the power button on the back plate gone

2) the power switch on the logic board de soldered.

I isolated the power button with insulated tape, re-soldered the switch and then soldered two wires from the brass pods (see pictures) and routed outside the case through the vented grille.

Now I can power the iMac by shorting the two wires.

This is a temporary solution because this iMac has also some random and rare video artifacts that are sign if a dying GPU.

Nice experiment though.

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