[ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance

[Klepinger, Aaron]

try http://www.repairyourmac.com/
 
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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Van
To: ale at ale.org
Loggins
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:04 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Cc: jknapka at kneuro.net
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Mac hardware maintenance



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 <mailto: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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