Mac Repair Darnestown, and Gaithersburg.
We brought an Imac G5 back from the dead. The power supply had failed, taking with it the Logic Board, and the hard drive. Lucky for us, and Jim D. the power problem had not killed off the hard drive all together. It was damaged, but we were able to get much of the data off of it.
One more little example in the list of Mac, and Windows PC differences. If you have a Mac, you can download the Apple Backup program, commonly called backup 3.
Backup 3 allows you to backup all of your personal settings to your iDisk. But, — and please correct me if I am wrong — it does not seem to automatically backup your e-mails. From what I can tell, it grabs the settings, but not the actual e-mails. Could it be that Apple assumes that all of it’s users use IMAP e-mail where the mail stays on the server? I have nothing against IMAP e-mail — been using it myself for years, but most people I run into are using POP3. So be careful with the Mac Backup 3 program. You may need to set up a custom backup job it you want to save your old e-mails.
A day in the life of a computer repair tech 
So how exactly did you bring it back? Mine is still dead from the same issue… help!
How did we bring the IMac G5 back from the dead?
We started out hoping it was just a bad power supply. Followed the IMac G5 procedure to determine whether the problem was the power supply, or the Logic Board. It ended out being the Logic Board AND the power supply. We ordered a new Logic Board, and Power Supply. On install we double checked that the power supply really was also bad — it was. Then we put it all back together, just to find that the hard drive was also dying. Likely the power supply had been failing over time, and the improper power supplied by it damaged both the Logic Board, and the Hard drive. We see this a lot with Economy PC’s (E-Machines), but did not expect it from an Imac. So we replaced the hard drive also. The old hard drive was still partly readable, so we rescued the customer’s data where possible.
The key is the diagnosis, and there is good information on the apple support site to help you diagnose the problem as Just the power supply, or the power supply, and logicboard.
I am not sure where you are Jaime, but if you want the problem diagnosed, and want an estimate, you can ship your unit to us for estimate, and repair.
see http://www.watzanetwork.com
If you want to throw in the towel, and you are in the US, and want to purcahse a new IMac see http://www.watzastore.com
Hello,
I’m an at-home uswer of an Imac and I can’t get my extended numbers to work on my Mac. Everything else works fine, only the numbers on the extended board do not function?
THANKS!
Al