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[ehMac.ca - 5,6] Imac G5 1.9Ghz motherboard fried: told me it would be $600 to install a new motherboard (the on-board video chip was fried). He later told me he had been researching the wrong processor, and that the repair would cost $800.

[Mac Owners Support Group] Mac Pro - Power Mac G3, G4 & G5 Models :: RE: g4 dual 800 will not ...: into an identical model, and fried the motherboard. While someone else may have a different take on it, I would try to match the part number, if possible.

[unpaintedcabin] How to let Apple iMac G5 a hard drive.. is it worth it? apple imac ...: the motherboard and power supply fried and the Apple store told me it would cost about $1200 or more to renew those parts. I think it may be a good idea to go on Craigslist or Ebay and find a fairly used iMac and just swap out the demanding drive.

[macosx.com] USB's not working on G5 (Hard one) - macosx.com: I've even managed to get it as a firewire drive for an old machine and to boot and run boot disk on the old powerbook with ni hiccups, but the G5 won't get passed its USB troubles. I tried all the battery and button pressing stuff and those option command O F but nothing fixes it.

[Xtreme CPU] Fixing a Dead PC part 2? - Xtreme CPU: Sounds like that mobo is toasted too if you've been using the same psu that toasted the last one. For a new video card the 4870's are around $150 US, for a case i would recommend an antec 300.

[Chris Pirillo] How are Computers and Cars Alike?: When you decide to bring that old jalopy out of retirement, it has to be because you either overclocked your old PC and fried the motherboard or your wife has decided to return to college and needs your PC more than you do.

[The Learning Curb] Mac & Me: For the price of a lowest-end new Intel Mac, I could buy one helluva fast and awesome PC - something that, if the motherboard or processor failed - I could easily fix on my own for a few hundred dollars. That, and the fact that this same issue has been reported by scores of other G5 and iBook users (even my friend Fox's iBook died from this exact same problem a few months ago.) This leads me to believe that there is an issue in Mac hardware.Does this issue carry over into the new Intel's?

[www.gulker.com] The fried G5: selecting a new Mac: Macworld’s lead feature this month is about just that: how to pick a new Apple machine. iMacs are now so powerful, as are the laptops, that the expensive quad-core Mac is really meant for high-end video and scientific applications.

[MacInTouch] Power Mac G5: Power Supply Failures: As an independent Apple tech working for an independent Apple Service Provider, I think disgruntled G5 owners who talk about suing should find themselves a good tech facility much like high-end car owners need to find an independent repair shop: find a tech who can use a volt meter llke you'd find a car mechanic who knows what a carburetor is. Power supplies should be bench-tested, not just replaced, and most G5 problems ARE related to the processor unit - in the experience of this white-haired guy.

[CNET News.com - Media] AMD inside Apple in 2009? | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News: 99% chance its YOURE, and no1 else's fault, there have been 1 incident that i have seen the past 20 years where the IHS wasnt properly fitted by intel (1.8ghz northwood) but this is ofcourse out of the 500 cpu's ive mounted, so i bet its youre fault if youre experienced it, and they never burn up, the motherboard can, not an cpu. try starting an amd or intel pc without heatsink(not reccomended) but amd as far as i know (AM2+) shuts down after 8 seconds.

[VMware Communities : Thread List - VI: ESX 3.5] VMware Communities: Lint1 ALERT HP DL580 G5 ...: There was one host that had HP agent for VMware installed and iLO setting had done, but none shows any messages at the time Lint1 ALERT showed.HPASM/HPSMH do not catch all issues.

[O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog] Three Years of Using a Mac (Was the AppleCare Worth It?) - O ...: I haven't yet had any hardware problems with the MacBook Pro, but the excellent service I got with the PowerBook (make a call, receive a box the next day, send it out the same day and get the fixed machine within a few days) has convinced me to continue the practice of getting my portables covered by AppleCare.

[MacTalk Forums] Firewire short (sparks!) - MacTalk Forums: Then soon after that is when the G5 to G5 and G5 to Mac Pro caused the sparks. I wonder if a short or something in the first G4 that didn't work has somehow damaged the cable, which has later fried the other machines I have connected to .

[The Instance! World of Warcraft Podcast] The Instance! World of Warcraft Podcast » Blog Archive » Show 33 ...: I can say that just about the only reason you would want to upgrade is for new games coming out, as OSX itself is amazing with running on old stuff. I run OSX 10.4 on a 450MHz G3 with 768MB RAM and an ATi 9000, and it is very useable for everyday apps (Mail, Safari, XCode, etc).

[CNET News.com - Media] 2009: Netbook or notebook? | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News: Plain and simple, I love the Mac O/S and its seamless user experience but price is an issue (when considering Apple's latest Macbook) and I am tired of lugging around a heavy notebook computer while on business and I don't consider the iPhone to be the ultimate user experience for web browsing especially when I can whip out the Mini 1000 and sit at an airport terminal or Starbucks with ease - it's "clutch-able".

[Red Sweater Blog] Red Sweater Blog - All Work and No Play Makes a Quiet MacBook Pro: This raises my hopes that this could technically be fixed by software, unless there was some fancy little fix included in the Apple Windows drivers, it would appear that the issue lies with OS X and Power Management in it, as Windows XP (plugged/unplugged and in different preformance states) doesn’t produce the noise. Of courswe there’s that wierd USB2 power drain bug, maybe that’s preventing the noise in XP?

[Mac Help - Apple Macintosh Computers in Business & Home] Mac Help - Apple Macintosh Computers in Business & Home » Blog ...: G5 toastbook (as long as everything is hooked up correctly to the modem/cpu/etc…) I agree this is an incredibly bizarre occurance, but it is quite feasible. It’s a wonder he/she didn’t seriously injure or kill themselves when exposed to this kind of power.

[Dvorak Uncensored] » Seagate Support Sucks Dvorak Uncensored: General interest ...: I recently had a fairly new 500GB WD My Book external from Costco start the clicking sound of death and lost about 8 months of all my pictures including several that were used by CNN and all of the raw files for my newspaper for the same period. I know it was my fault for not having a backup but every time I look at that drive I want to cry.

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