LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 1657 times:
Sounds like some kind of short circuit, possibly in the PSU. I had something like that happen to one of my computers once, although the short circuit was caused by my CD-ROM player back then, and it fried everything except the floppy drive. I doubt the Apple store will be able to repair everything without major replacements.
CMB320 From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 402 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1634 times:
Quoting Klaus (Reply 2): Do you still have warranty?
Yes, got a good long warranty.
I'm hoping they can fix it right away, but I doubt it. I have so much work to do and I just bought $800 worth of Adobe software to revamp our products for the new year.
Hawaiian717 From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3092 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1619 times:
How long it will take to fix depends on what the extent of the problem turns out to be and what parts the store has in stock. If all it is is a dead power supply and they have them in stock, they ought to be able to replace it pretty quickly. On the other extreme, if the damage is pretty severe, they might be able to just pull the hard drive and put it in another machine.
LTU932 From Germany, joined Jan 2006, 13864 posts, RR: 51 Reply 5, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1603 times:
Quoting Hawaiian717 (Reply 4): On the other extreme, if the damage is pretty severe, they might be able to just pull the hard drive and put it in another machine.
Sometimes you may not even be that lucky. When my other computer got fried, everything was dead, even the harddrive. Those short circuits can be pretty nasty.
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20860 posts, RR: 55 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1601 times:
Quoting CMB320 (Reply 3): Yes, got a good long warranty.
Very good!
Quoting CMB320 (Reply 3): I'm hoping they can fix it right away, but I doubt it. I have so much work to do and I just bought $800 worth of Adobe software to revamp our products for the new year.
If the repair should take longer, ask for a replacement machine - even if you'd have to rent one during the repair it may still be worth it if your project is in fact urgent enough...
NeilYYZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1599 times:
If it's a replacement warranty perhaps you could just request a new one if the current one is finished. I don't know what else to tell you, hopefully it all works out1
CMB320 From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 402 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1537 times:
Thanks everybody for the input. I took it to the Apple store this morning and it was in fact the power supply. They had three in-stock so they're working on it right now. Should be ready to be picked up in just a bit. So far so good... I guess we'll find out once power is back if anything else is screwed up.
CMB320 From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 402 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1455 times:
All is well... computer works fine. The repair was free under the protection plan. Turns out it would have been nearly $400 to repair without the plan.
Klaus From Germany, joined Jul 2001, 20860 posts, RR: 55 Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1439 times:
Excellent news!
I've bought AppleCare with my MacBook Pro as well - I hope I'll never have to use it, but one major defect after expiration of the normal warranty could already make it a bargain.
I hope it'll remain a singular event for you - and that you'll still be able to complete your project in time. All the best!
Siren From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 301 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 1416 times:
Quoting Cmb320 (Thread starter): As I pressed the power button on my Power Mac G5 Tower, I saw sparks inside and there was a loud gunshot pop! Bang!
Like everybody said, probably the power supply. But, as it blew as badly as it did, chances are it took the motherboard along with it. You're looking at a replacement machine, courtesy of Apple...
Nosedive From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1404 times:
Quoting Siren (Reply 13): Like everybody said, probably the power supply. But, as it blew as badly as it did, chances are it took the motherboard along with it. You're looking at a replacement machine, courtesy of Apple...
Lil late to teh party
Quoting CMB320 (Reply 11): All is well... computer works fine. The repair was free under the protection plan. Turns out it would have been nearly $400 to repair without the plan.
ChrisI1024 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1374 times:
Quoting Siren (Reply 13): You're looking at a replacement machine, courtesy of Apple...
It's Apple. You're probably looking at a reurb G5 mobo if the board's damaged.
We had a G5 tower die on us. Fortunately, it was covered under AppleCare. A technician came out three times and replaced the processors, memory, video card, motherboard, case, power supply...pretty much everything except for the hard drive and the optical drive. Finally it was replaced with a Mac Pro.
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