iMac G5 bad capacitors or bad power supply?

jpa66 · 01:53 PM

I have a G5 iMac (I know, it's really old ) that I need to transfer files from to my new Mac Mini. The problem is that it won't start up. It's had this problem in the past, and all I had to do was open the back up and restart it as per Apple's G5 instructions.

The first LED light stays on, but the second one flickers then shuts off. Lights 3 and 4 do not come on. This has led me to believe that it's a problem with the power supply. However, I noticed that at least two capacitors are definitely bad, and I was wondering if replacing those ( and maybe replacing any more after a thorough check ) would solve my problem.

Or is the power supply the likely culprit?

Thanks,
JP

Nyy8 · Jan 7, 2013, 03:17 PM

You might want to send your thread over to

http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=145

This is the PPC (PowerPC) forum of mac rumors and are much more knowledge about these types of computers.

jpa66 · Jan 7, 2013, 07:01 PM

Will do. Thanks.

chrfr · Jan 7, 2013, 08:29 PM

It's almost certainly easiest to just take the drive out and put it in a cheap USB enclosure if you just want to transfer files.
Capacitors went bad in the power supplies on those, so it may be both bad caps on the board and in the power supply.

jpa66 · Jan 7, 2013, 09:05 PM

Thanks.

I got a similar reply on the PPC forum, and replied to it. I'd do this fix if were easy enough, but I'm not too savvy when it comes to mucking around with computers, and I don't want to screw anything up.

Jan 7, 2013, 01:52 PM	#1
jpa66 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	iMac G5 bad capacitors or bad power supply? I have a G5 iMac (I know, it's really old ) that I need to transfer files from to my new Mac Mini. The problem is that it won't start up. It's had this problem in the past, and all I had to do was open the back up and restart it as per Apple's G5 instructions. The first LED light stays on, but the second one flickers then shuts off. Lights 3 and 4 do not come on. This has led me to believe that it's a problem with the power supply. However, I noticed that at least two capacitors are definitely bad, and I was wondering if replacing those ( and maybe replacing any more after a thorough check ) would solve my problem. Or is the power supply the likely culprit? Thanks, JP Last edited by jpa66; Jan 7, 2013 at 01:53 PM. Reason: typo
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Nyy8 macrumors regular Join Date: Jun 2011	You might want to send your thread over to http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?f=145 This is the PPC (PowerPC) forum of mac rumors and are much more knowledge about these types of computers. __________________ iPad 2 16GB, iPhone 5 Black & Slate 16GB, iMac 21.5 inch, 2.5 GHz Core i5, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD
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Jan 7, 2013, 07:01 PM	#3
jpa66 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Will do. Thanks.
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Jan 7, 2013, 08:29 PM	#4
chrfr macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2009	It's almost certainly easiest to just take the drive out and put it in a cheap USB enclosure if you just want to transfer files. Capacitors went bad in the power supplies on those, so it may be both bad caps on the board and in the power supply.
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Jan 7, 2013, 09:05 PM	#5
jpa66 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Thanks. I got a similar reply on the PPC forum, and replied to it. I'd do this fix if were easy enough, but I'm not too savvy when it comes to mucking around with computers, and I don't want to screw anything up.
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