[ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance

[Van Loggins]

from what I've read some of the Emacs tend to develop problems with bulging
and/or ouzing capacitors on the electronics inside the unit. Since you are
out of warranty and if you are comfortable with taking it apart you should
be able to fine a tear-down guide for your emac on the internet. This way
you can verify if it's something like this before you pay the Apple Techs to
take a look at it. Another issue I've seen a lot of complaints about is
problems with the video analog boards, but since yours is freezing up I
don't know if this is applicable. If it was having visual anomalies like the
screen dimming down, artifacting,etc. then maybe but otherwise kinda
unlikely.

Just a thought, good luck with getting it working again. Apple makes some
nice systems, I've been lusting after one of the new Intel Dual Core Mac
Mini systems.




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> Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:10:11 -0600
> From: JK <jknapka at kneuro.net>
> Subject: [ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
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> Hi everyone,
>
> A couple of years ago I bought an eMac for my stepson.
> It's one of the all-in-one units. Recently, is has started
> to freeze up at random, and the warranty period has
> long ago expired.
>
> There's an Apple service center nearby (at CompUSA),
> but it would cost $120 just for them to look at the
> machine and tell us what it would take to fix it. My
> question is, would it be reasonable for me to open
> this machine up and do the "swap out the RAM, HD,
> etc. until things start working" dance? Or should I
> leave it to the "professionals" at CompUSA? Web
> resources on Mac hardware maintenance seem to be
> pretty thin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- JK
>
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