LeeCT
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Q: iMac g5 20" iSight no display loud fans white light

Hi,

 

Wondering if someone can help at all,

 

I've recently been given an iMac which needs repaired,

 

It seems certain parts have been stripped from it but want to make sure nothing else is wrong before buying replacements.

 

When I plug in it, I get the white light in the bottom right corner, fans go quite loud after around 5-10 seconds, and no display, also bad smell but think it could be because the previous owner smoked alot.

 

When I opened up the iMac, the hard-drive was missing and from what I can tell the hard-drive bay too, along with the ram & cd drive.

 

If I buy these will the mac work or is there another problem

 

iMac Details :

20-inch iMac G5 (iSight), 2.1 GHz
MA064xx/A

 

Thanks

iMac

Posted on Jan 12, 2014 4:44 AM

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Jan 13, 2014 11:57 AM in response to LeeCT
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    Jan 13, 2014 11:57 AM in response to LeeCT

    Look carefully for misshaped or leaking capacitors.   That model was known for them.

     

    If they are there, the whole logicboard needs replacement.

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    LeeCT LeeCT Jan 13, 2014 12:35 PM in response to a brody
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    Jan 13, 2014 12:35 PM in response to a brody

    Hi,

     

    Thanks for the reply, I've just managed to work my way through to the capacitors and they seem to be fine, looking at the soldering I would say they may have already been replaced on the logic board.

     

    Anyone have any other ideas?

     

    Would love to get this working again, Just need to replace what was stripped.

     

    Thanks again