They can fail at anytime, thats the problem. You will see signs before it completely bite the dust, but if not taken care of ASAP the damage could be irreversible and it could need a whole new board.
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They can fail at anytime, thats the problem. You will see signs before it completely bite the dust, but if not taken care of ASAP the damage could be irreversible and it could need a whole new board.
What I was pointing out is that if they were made with the really defective capacitors they would have failed already. Since they are now running in 2014, that means that they have about 10 years on them. Now caps die from regular usage, but the defective ones used by Apple and other manufactures generally failed after about 3-8 years.
Same way if you had a G5 that did not leak yet. It would have leaked if the defective pump(s) were used. However since it did not, it will only ever leak because of wear and tear/normal use rather than a defect.
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I also would not worry about the iMacs. As long as they are watched over and looked at at least once a year they should be running for a while.
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I also would not worry about the iMacs. As long as they are watched over and looked at at least once a year they should be running for a while.
Yes, generally. But there is still a HIGH chance of it happening. It could tomorrow, or 20 years from now. It will happen.
Same thing. Its not a matter of if, its a matter of when in both cases.
Exactly. Unfortunately, the iMac G5 caps issue and the G5 coolant issues were not linked to a specific batch. Therefore you may have some that are defective, some not, some that are destined to fail tomorrow, and some that will run for the next ten years.