mac shutdown automatically after few minutes

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mac shutdown automatically after few minutes

My 4 years old mac goes turn off automatically after few minutes of turn on. I have to push the power button to turn back again and goes off again after few minutes(But this time it doesn't retain power as long as when it do in first time).

I am thinking to repair this if it is economically repairable. Need some ideas from experiences guys to find out what is going wrong and how much it cost if i have to repair that mac.

Help will be appreciated.

Posted on May 10, 2010 11:03 PM

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Fortuny

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May 11, 2010 5:58 AM in response to jdangol

Hi jdangol,

sounds like what I experienced with my Early 2006 white 20" iMac.

Turned out to be the power supply units (they have two as I learned) needed to be replaced.
Would have cost me around 500 Euros, so I gave it to a friend. Not sure what he finally did with it.

Have you tried doing a PRAM reset yet ? http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/26871.html

Regards

Stefan

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May 11, 2010 4:32 PM in response to Fortuny

Thanks for your replay fortuny, I have tried PRAM resetting but no luck so, i may have to replace power supply then. If replacing of power supply cost that expensive, i will just throw it out .

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May 11, 2010 8:03 PM in response to Fortuny

I reset that PRAM again by following the instuction that you gave me and it's work perfectly

Thanks a log fortuny

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Fortuny

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May 11, 2010 9:07 PM in response to jdangol

Great news. 🙂

Glad to hear that it didn't take any cash to get it fixed (hopefully...knock on wood).

Happy computing

Stefan

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