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Tag Archives: iMac
The G5 iMac is DEAD! Long Live the G5 iMac!
This is a followup to last week’s article where I performed an autopsy on a six-year-old iMac that had a number of ruptured capacitors. Like a low-rent Frankenstein movie, I ended up transplanting the brains from one computer into the … Continue reading
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Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged Apple, bad capacitors, fix, G5, G5 fails to recognize hard drive, hard drive, iMac, Mac, recycle, repurpose, reuse, SATA
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Bad Caps! Talking ‘Bout Bad Caps!
Recently I was given the task of hopefully resuscitating a 17″ G5 iMac that is roughly 6 years old, and, in classic fashion, was working just fine until something weird started to happen according to its user. The user is … Continue reading
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Posted in Computers, Joe's Garage
Tagged Apple Mac, bad capacitors, Capacitor Plague, disassembly, iMac, Macintosh, repair
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