Powermac G5 died...

[tonyeck]

Ok, recently my G5 (dual 2ghz, September 2004 model) made a bit of a pop and the power shut off.

There is now no power at all to the machine... at all. No blue light, no noise, nothing. Obviously the PSU has died. I also have a dual 1.8ghz G5 (late 2004) that has a dead logic board rolleyes:)...

Any one know off the top of their head if their PSU's have the same output/wattage before I start hacking away at the heatsinks?

 

[Sun Baked]

Checked the iMac out here...

http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/

 

[zmttoxics]

Sounds like your house has some electrical gremlins.

The swap should be OK. I believe all of the same year variations came with the same basic parts. So 2004 == 2004 but 2004 != 2005 kindof stuff.

Good Luck!

PS: I recommend putting it on a solid APC UPS if you haven't already.

 

[tonyeck]

PS: I recommend putting it on a solid APC UPS if you haven't already.

I have it running on a pretty good APC UPS which is about 3 years old now...

It all just sucks!

 

[zmttoxics]

I have it running on a pretty good APC UPS which is about 3 years old now...

It all just sucks!

3 years is about near end life. Might want to look into replacing it anyways. Batteries don't live for ever.