internal power button works, external doesn't

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  1. memphismac, May 26, 2011

    memphismac macrumors member

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    I've got a 6-year old iMac G5 that has served me well.

    Yesterday, it flipped out, giving me some weird colors before ceasing operations.

    When I re-booted, it gave me some old colors, turned the power light off and just hung on a grey screen.

    I followed the excellent Apple instructions here - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2173 - and I've found that it boots just fine from the internal power button. But when I put the cover back on and try the external power, no dice.

    A few years ago, the Genius Bar did some sort of recall/electrical fix on it. A blown capacitor, I think.

    Any ideas why this is happening?
    And what, short of buying a new iMac, can be done to fix it?
     
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  2. teal, Jun 4, 2011

    teal macrumors newbie

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    Same issue

    I'm having the same issue. I had a local technician look at it, he said he resoldered a capacitor (which I doubt). He said it booted and worked.

    The internal button boots the system, but the external button doesn't. The only info I can find online tells me to take it to apple. Apple said I need a new power supply, which was not the case (obviously, since the internal button works). Any ideas? I'd love to have this machine back up and running.
     
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