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Hughmac

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Following the success in re-homing my iMac G4, I am now offering up my 20" iMac G5 ALS (A1076), 2.0 GHz, 2GB RAM, 256GB SSD, fully working but no longer needed here at home.

Full specs at https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac_g5_2.0_20.html.

I am giving this away to a deserving enthusiast in the UK, but ask that you chip in for the postage, which should come in at under £12 by ParcelForce 48.

First come first served ;)

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
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@Akulareb , ever so sorry but it seems the power supply on the iMac has died :(

I started it up and it died just after login, so I restarted and did some work to destroy Yaboot (I was dual booting Leopard and Linux), then shut it down normally.
Now it won't start at all; I've tried different power cables and known working sockets but to no avail.

My only option now is to open it up, check for internal fuses, then assuming I can't find anything I will strip out my SSD so I can properly format it in another machine, maybe the RAM and DVD drive as well, and leave the poor old iMac out for scrap.

Cheers :)

Hugh
 
I’m delighted by this thread and glad this iMac G5 is probably going to a good home very soon. :D

It makes me think maybe we should create be a continuing, single thread, one pinned, allowing PowerPC folks donate (and only donate, not sell or, in most cases, swap) their Macs to a good home within the community — all without needing to shove it into the limited-access Marketplace forum. :)
 
@Akulareb , ever so sorry but it seems the power supply on the iMac has died :(

I started it up and it died just after login, so I restarted and did some work to destroy Yaboot (I was dual booting Leopard and Linux), then shut it down normally.
Now it won't start at all; I've tried different power cables and known working sockets but to no avail.

My only option now is to open it up, check for internal fuses, then assuming I can't find anything I will strip out my SSD so I can properly format it in another machine, maybe the RAM and DVD drive as well, and leave the poor old iMac out for scrap.

Cheers :)

Hugh

This being the ALS iMac G5, it may very well be you just ran into the notorious capacitor failure this series suffered. Typically, a failing PSU is going to make a noticeable sound when it fails suddenly. If the person accepting the donation is willing to replace the capacitors, they may get new life from it.

/me , ever the optimist when it comes to vintage Macs…
 
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This being the ALS iMac G5, it may very well be you just ran into the notorious capacitor failure this series suffered. Typically, a failing PSU is going to make a noticeable sound when it fails suddenly. If the person accepting the donation is willing to replace the capacitors, they may get new life from it.

/me , ever the optimist when it comes to vintage Macs…

Quite. I have one with bad caps on the logic board and its LCD is wrecked otherwise I would've had a crack at replacing them but @Hughmac I believe its PSU is fine. I could arrange to send it to you if you're interested in seeing if the iMac can be resurrected.
 
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