Imac No Power

lee634

Ok,

so my wife was doing some photo work on our late 2006 white imac. she ended up with the spinning wheel and unable to do anything with it at all. The only solution was to hold the power switch and do a hard reset.

some while later se decided to switch it back on and now nothing,
NO POWER to it what so ever.

I have tested the power cable and plug socket, both are fine.
Removed and reseated the RAM

I'm now suspecting it could be the internal power supply.

any ideas of cost of repair through a Apple Authorised repairer.

have looked at the item and the price varies from anything from £40 - £150.

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this before.
Thanks

Lee

lee634

wow 65 views and not one reply,

Just goes to show macs NORMALLY dont break :rotfl:

macman

You could try macupgrades near Cambridge, but you'd have to courier it given your location. They've done repairs for me in the past and always very fast.
I wouldn't pay extra for an authorised Apple agent given the age of the machine. If it's going to cost £162 up I'd consider replacing it. Prices on this link if it's the Intel Core Duo:
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/product_info.php?products_id=646
It could also be a motherboard failure if you are really unlucky.
Will it boot from the OSX disk? If so it's not the PSU or motherboard.

tonyh66

Broken MACs never die, they just get upgraded!
Do as other apple user do and take it to the recycle centre, in the dead of night so the neighbours don't see you.
To be serious though I have no experience, so can't offer any advice except buy a PC to replace it. Good luck with fixing it.

R_J_Winsome

Have you tried googling "g5 imac won't turn on".

It appears there are problems with this generation, maybe related to the bad capacitors which infected all sorts of equipment around that time.

Contact the Apple Store in Cardiff ?

gonzo127

lee634 wrote: »

wow 65 views and not one reply,

Just goes to show macs NORMALLY dont break :rotfl:

well they do and its getting more and more common on these boards that macs have problems, the issue of course is that you asked for a guesstimate of a price which is very hard to offer since they can vary so much as you have found with just the part ranging from 40-150

macman

The Intel iMac was introduced in an 2006, so it's more likely to be a Core Duo than a G5.

lee634

macman wrote: »

You could try macupgrades near Cambridge, but you'd have to courier it given your location. They've done repairs for me in the past and always very fast.
I wouldn't pay extra for an authorised Apple agent given the age of the machine. If it's going to cost £162 up I'd consider replacing it. Prices on this link if it's the Intel Core Duo:
http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/product_info.php?products_id=646
It could also be a motherboard failure if you are really unlucky.
Will it boot from the OSX disk? If so it's not the PSU or motherboard.

Thanks for the info,

It is basically dead, no lights no fans no beebs or anything, which to me does indicate the PSU, however I know it could be something else say the dc -dc converter or the logic board, etc.

Think the best option like you say is send it off.

cheers

Lee

lee634

gonzo127 wrote: »

well they do and its getting more and more common on these boards that macs have problems, the issue of course is that you asked for a guesstimate of a price which is very hard to offer since they can vary so much as you have found with just the part ranging from 40-150

yeh of course i know they break,

It wasn't so much as a guesstimate i was after, it was more of if any other users on this site, have suffered similar symptoms,

lee634

R_J_Winsome wrote: »

Have you tried googling "g5 imac won't turn on".

It appears there are problems with this generation, maybe related to the bad capacitors which infected all sorts of equipment around that time.

Contact the Apple Store in Cardiff ?

macman wrote: »

The Intel iMac was introduced in an 2006, so it's more likely to be a Core Duo than a G5.

Macman indeed is correct is is an Intel and not a G5

macman

It's not impossible to fit the part (that is the relatively easy bit) if you are confident with opening up the case yourself.
eBay can no doubt supply you with a second user PSU, or buy a defunct iMac and recycle the PSU.