my imac g5 17" without camera don't start!

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my imac g5 17" without camera don't start!

I have an imac G5 17" PPC without camera. I cant start it up, it freeze in blue screen, but when I switch it on and off for more then 4 or 5 times its boots normally. when its start up if I need to restart it, it restart normally. when i turn it off for the whole night, in the morning I have to switch it on and off for many times until it boots normally.

It have 12 bad capacitors and i manage to change all the capacitors and now cant boot it normally, any idea guys

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 13, 2012 12:39 AM

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Klaus1

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Oct 13, 2012 1:09 AM in response to sra_mana

This may be useful:

iMac G5: Fails to startup

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2173?viewlocale=en_US

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Answer 2

Oct 16, 2012 1:17 AM in response to sra_mana

If you take the back off the iMac, you can see if it has a small 'watch type' battery. Perhaps this battery is going bad.

I have a similar G5 iMac, only in 20" that I'm having screen problems with, and had the back off it the other night and I remember seeing a PRAM battery mounted on the logic board. Since I've gotten no suggestions to my discussion thread on that topic, I was considering replacing my PRAM battery and see if it would help me. Not sure that it would, but it would be an inexpensive, low risk option to try.

Good luck.

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