Free iMac G5

#1 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 - 22:43 68kMLA

Scored a working iMac G5 from my employer, but need to recap the power supply and motherboard before I dare to use it much. Got several others which aren't powering up at all, but don't know if recapping + new fuse would fix or not. All have bulging/leaking electrolytic capacitors on the motherboard or power supply (usually both). I hope to restore, add AP+BT+Tiger+Classic for some vintage gaming.

#2 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 02:11 68kMLA

Free Macs are always worth every penny no matter what condition!

#3 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 10:39 68kMLA

Hehehehehe welcome to the club of free iMac G5's! When I got mine it had no leaky caps just some ram problems and it was like a gift! It replaced my iMac G3 350!

#4 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 - 18:17 68kMLA

I agree a free mac in any condition is AWESOME!!!!! (all of mine were free

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#5 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 - 19:57 68kMLA

I count 25 motherboard capacitors to replace, and then I get to work on the power supply!

#6 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 - 22:45 68kMLA

ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead.

In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you.

#7 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 - 00:22 68kMLA

ALL of them are bad? On mine only the orange Rubycons (Fake ones) are dead.In that lot of iMac's you got do you happen to have a good PS? I would buy one from you.

All 4 have bulging/burst capacitors in the power supply, even the one that still powers up OK.

This person suggests changing out all of the failure-prone parts, not just the one or two that are obviously shot:

http://jimwarholic.com/2008/07/how-to-repair-apple-imac-g5.php