iMac G5 1.9 iSight display probelem

[Graeme43]

Hey! My grandfather bought an iMac G5 1.9 iSight in 2006 when I converted him from windows lol and he said he would never go back! He says he has a vertical line on his display that is lime green. I don't know if it is still fixable and I told him to phone apple and he says that theres no point as its a 5 year old model

Any ideas?

 

[FourCandles]

it may be worth talkng to an independent Apple specialist, if you have one nearby.

I've seen replacement panels for the non-iSight G5 iMacs on eBay for about £100 - but that model was easier to work on as the back simply unscrews, and many of the parts of user replaceable. The iSight was the one where Apple introduced a "sealed" case with the flap at the bottom for memory upgrades.

It sounds like the panel rather than the card, but plugging in an external monitor should reveal which.

 

[Giuly]

What you want is to get the same model with a broken logic board on eBay and replace the display.

 

[MacHamster68]

more lines may follow its a very common fault ...read there are loads of posts of that problem all over the www and here since the first generation imac g5 and good luck
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/558769/

 

[Graeme43]

Its just a shame he got it as hes 70 years old and its really the last thing he needs. I have put a pic of what he has up

 

[MacHamster68]

feel sorry for your grandfather , but thats apple , they are great when it comes to service/repairs within apple care , but once that time has past you are on their mercy and if you are lucky you get to know about a repair extension program before it ended, but like i said try it or better your grandfather should try it , i mean a old man, pensioner and so(no offence)maybe someone at apple is willing to help and not see $ or £ signs in quadruple figures in front of their eyes

 

[Graeme43]

Its a shame though! I just don't want a 70 year old who just loaned me 500 dollars to pay for my car as I lost my job to suffer like this! The iMac is still a usable computer it is just a shame that it has suffered this common problem at such a late stage

 

[Graeme43]

I was the one that advised him to get the trustworthy PowerPC at the time! I had just got first experience with rev a intel macs and that was heat and high pitched sqeauling, so I had to return first gen Macbookpro and I got powerbook 1.67 HD and he got the G5 and we never had trouble until now