Re: G5 imac parts into a G4 sawtooth?
- From: eggs <seggleto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:11:03 +1000
In article <5c4433F2v2a4uU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Salty <p@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
eggs wrote:
My 20 inch G5 imac (bought in late 2004) started turning itself off
randomly, then refusing to boot in anything but target mode. I took it
into the dealer, who said "the logic board is failing" and it would cost
$1000 to replace it, which seems excessive to me when I can get a new
dual core for about $2000 (I'm in Australia).
I am currently using my kid's G4 sawtooth with a studio display, running
Tiger, and was wondering if there is anything I can salvage from the G5
imac to use in the G4 sawtooth? I know the memory and airport card are
not compatible, but what about the HD (160GB serial ATA) and combo
drive? Can the sawtooth even recognize a 160GB HD?
I would appreciate any salvage advice on this as it seems a waste to
just chuck the imac in the trash as the "approved repairer" thinks I
should do. Thanks for your time and thoughts, guys.
eggs.
Hi. I somehow doubt that you could use an eSata drive in an older
machine, same for memory etc. Repairing it or selling it non-operating
on eBay might the only only real options.
What part of Australia are you in?
I know a guy there who is semi-retired and actually does very fast and
competent "board level" repairs rather than board swaps. He has been in
digital electronic/IT since the seventies and is very good but is
located in Queensland. He repaired some marine electronics gear (Radar)
for me a year or two back after several experts had proclaimed it
irreparable. He wasn't very expensive either. He charged me au$320.00
against a new replacement cost of $11,000.00 plus. He is a friend of my
in-laws (my wife is Australian).
If you reply to me at the hotmail address in my headers I can forward
you his contact details and you can chat to him about it. He works with
both Macs and PCs and so might be able to help.
Regards
Salty
Thanks, Salty. I'm based in Sydney, so your friend in QLD (who sounds
great) isn't really an option. If none of the parts are useable in the
sawtooth, then I'll just give it to my son's school, which uses macs.
They'll be able to pull some useable stuff out for their own imacs. The
memory, HD and the airport cards at least will be useful to them.
eggs.
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