They probably need the motherboards recapped and that costs $100+ to send out and have it done (each plus shipping). Anybody who buys broken equipment that cannot troubleshoot or fix it themselves is just wasting money.

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This is true, and the G5 is probably one of the riskiest systems to try and buy for repair reasons. So many things screw them up, and parts are extremely expensive. However, for $100 its worth looking into I think. If nothing else, a couple good hard drives, optical drives and RAM will get the money back. At the same time, a few flaky RAM sticks might be all that needs replaced to make a good system.