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iMac G5 bulging...

Cheese

Cheese

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The Rev. A iMac G5 is folding along and working ok I guess, but I toook the back off to remove dust from inside when I noticed that several of it's electrolytic capacitors are bulging and something seems to be oozing out of the top of some of them. What should I do?
 
Hmm....I can not remember hearing about this before.... 😱


Do you still have AppleCare? I think that a call to Apple may be in order. 😱 🙂
 
Cheese said:
The Rev. A iMac G5 is folding along and working ok I guess, but I toook the back off to remove dust from inside when I noticed that several of it's electrolytic capacitors are bulging and something seems to be oozing out of the top of some of them. What should I do?
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I believe this is a well known issue with bulging/exploding capacitors and there was an extended 'care' program - a call to Apple should clarify whether it's covered - even if you don't have Apple Care.
 
Cheese said:
The Rev. A iMac G5 is folding along and working ok I guess, but I toook the back off to remove dust from inside when I noticed that several of it's electrolytic capacitors are bulging and something seems to be oozing out of the top of some of them. What should I do?
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sounds like you might be eligible for this
 
Cheese said:
The Rev. A iMac G5 is folding along and working ok I guess, but I toook the back off to remove dust from inside when I noticed that several of it's electrolytic capacitors are bulging and something seems to be oozing out of the top of some of them. What should I do?
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Yes, get that replaced! Capacitors are not supposed to do that.
 

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i've since upgraded to the new 24inch core2 duo imac which has its own share of problems but i too originally had an iMac G5 and had my power source blow a little over a year after having it right after warranry expired. Luckily apple replaced it for free cus yes its a known issue. take it to the apple store and they should be able to fix it in a day or 2
 
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