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Frisky SKeleton

#1 February 01, 2008, 06:00:07 am

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i found (actually found on the side of the road) an indigo g3 imac (model number m5521).

i plugged it in and turned it on, absolutely nothing happened at all. i figure something is probably fairly wrong with it, but what would it most likely be?

just to clarify, it didn't make any sound, nothing lit up, nothing happened at all. i tried changing the powercord but still nothing.

also there were some... smoke marks on the top of the thing. i've looked inside though and i can't see any signs of fire damage (you'd think with smoke there'd be... fire) so idk this could be dirt or something.

any help is appreciated!

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dada

#2 February 01, 2008, 07:23:30 am

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I guess the PSU might be dead. There are plenty of things that could be wrong with it.

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Frisky SKeleton

#3 February 01, 2008, 07:34:37 am

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i've been looking up common problems for this model and it looks like something on the monitor frequently overheats, melts and shorts.

a quick fix is to unplug the monitor but i have no idea what all these wacky mac cables are!
it looks like the videocard is built into the back of the screen?

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Stadsport

#4 February 01, 2008, 09:08:14 am

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Quote from: climbtree on February 01, 2008, 07:34:37 am

i've been looking up common problems for this model and it looks like something on the monitor frequently overheats, melts and shorts.

a quick fix is to unplug the monitor but i have no idea what all these wacky mac cables are!
it looks like the videocard is built into the back of the screen?

This is called the flyback ~~relay~~ transformer! or something if I remember correctly, a pretty common problem. But this should still result in a chime, click, something. Try holding down the interrupt and/or reset button in the port bay on the side, then powering it on. If it chimes, then just shuts off, its the flyback ~~thingy~~ transformer, which is like $60 to replace (and $60 can buy a new G3 iMac).

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Frisky SKeleton

#5 February 01, 2008, 09:52:02 am

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ok i will put it back together and try it out on sunday!

(not because i am lazy i have work tommorow so i can't do it then)

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