So i was given an iMac G5 iSight 20inch model for free by the stepdad of my girlfriend.
Model was made in 2005, only has the 512mb of logic board ram, no ram was added in the single slot.
He did not know what exactly was wrong with it but he could not get it to start... i did not have time yet to take it apart, although i know how to do that.
i want to share the symptoms that i'm experiencing with you because i have looked everywhere but found no good threads on this subject.
first of all:
i know about the iMac G5's capacitor trouble on the logic boards
i know about the psu failure rate on these machines
So, plugged the power cord in, let it sit for a few minutes before turning it on.
it turned on, did not chime and no video, i can feel the fans spinning, ice cold air comes out.
i can hear something spin up for sure other than the fans. (hdd?)
i can hear one faint 'meep' sound coming from the superdrive... as if it checks for a disk once, then it is silent.
the white power led comes on steady, then fades to about half power and it is not really 100% steady anymore... like it is struggling to find power.
after 30 seconds, the fans come on at full power, while still blowing out a nice good stream of cold air out of the vents.
Then it just sits there... it reacts on holding down the power button... it then shuts off with a light click.
There is no power coming from the usb ports. (the mouse light would not light up)
Already tried to reset the SMU...
also the superdrive will not accept any disks... i can put them in almost all the way and then pushing them in further just makes them come out again by use of some spring in the drive...
Now WHAT could cause this... the psu SEEMS ok right?
i know it's a but stupid to start asking questions before actually opening it and doing some visual inspection...
but i just thought that maybe one of you would have had similar problems once?
Thanks in advance
Model was made in 2005, only has the 512mb of logic board ram, no ram was added in the single slot.
He did not know what exactly was wrong with it but he could not get it to start... i did not have time yet to take it apart, although i know how to do that.
i want to share the symptoms that i'm experiencing with you because i have looked everywhere but found no good threads on this subject.
first of all:
i know about the iMac G5's capacitor trouble on the logic boards
i know about the psu failure rate on these machines
So, plugged the power cord in, let it sit for a few minutes before turning it on.
it turned on, did not chime and no video, i can feel the fans spinning, ice cold air comes out.
i can hear something spin up for sure other than the fans. (hdd?)
i can hear one faint 'meep' sound coming from the superdrive... as if it checks for a disk once, then it is silent.
the white power led comes on steady, then fades to about half power and it is not really 100% steady anymore... like it is struggling to find power.
after 30 seconds, the fans come on at full power, while still blowing out a nice good stream of cold air out of the vents.
Then it just sits there... it reacts on holding down the power button... it then shuts off with a light click.
There is no power coming from the usb ports. (the mouse light would not light up)
Already tried to reset the SMU...
also the superdrive will not accept any disks... i can put them in almost all the way and then pushing them in further just makes them come out again by use of some spring in the drive...
Now WHAT could cause this... the psu SEEMS ok right?
i know it's a but stupid to start asking questions before actually opening it and doing some visual inspection...
but i just thought that maybe one of you would have had similar problems once?
Thanks in advance