Hello peeps
I would like to hear your opinions on this matter , i have an IMAC G5 17" 1.9Ghz 512Mb isight , with what i tought was a defective hard disk , the issue? once powered you get the regular chime , then the grey screen and after that the white screen with the apple logo and an endless loop of the spinning wheel.
Thinking it was the hard drive (since it wouldnt take repairs/reinstalls) I replaced it with a WD 320GB , installation of leopard 10.5.1 was flawless , and the machine behaves well enough for what i suppose is little ram.
The problem comes when you let it sit for a while off (anything longer than 1/2 hour most of the times) , it turns on ok , chime sound , grey screen but then it just shows the apple logo with no spinning wheel , wich in my very limited experience with mac i understand is the OS not loading?
I inspected the PSU and it shows no swollen , ruputured caps , is it worth the while to check the MB too? would this be a hardware issue?
I appreciate your toughts on this matter , so it could help me decide a path of action!
Thanks in advance
Aiki
I would like to hear your opinions on this matter , i have an IMAC G5 17" 1.9Ghz 512Mb isight , with what i tought was a defective hard disk , the issue? once powered you get the regular chime , then the grey screen and after that the white screen with the apple logo and an endless loop of the spinning wheel.
Thinking it was the hard drive (since it wouldnt take repairs/reinstalls) I replaced it with a WD 320GB , installation of leopard 10.5.1 was flawless , and the machine behaves well enough for what i suppose is little ram.
The problem comes when you let it sit for a while off (anything longer than 1/2 hour most of the times) , it turns on ok , chime sound , grey screen but then it just shows the apple logo with no spinning wheel , wich in my very limited experience with mac i understand is the OS not loading?
I inspected the PSU and it shows no swollen , ruputured caps , is it worth the while to check the MB too? would this be a hardware issue?
I appreciate your toughts on this matter , so it could help me decide a path of action!
Thanks in advance
Aiki
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