Howdy gents
A friend asked for help with his IMAC G5 17" wich refuses to turn on anymore , after doing every now and then.
I asked him to open it and take the PSU to have a look , im attaching a picture of the interior with what i think are a couple of bulged ruptured caps and a brownish looking transformer , also he measured the output from it wich seems a bit low (20v instead of 24 , 2.60 instead of 5vdc) since hes overseas i wont be able to replace the caps but he could get a new psu from ebay.
I asked him to check the motherboard for any more deformed caps , he mentioned just one slighty bulged under the memory banks but the rest "looked" very fine.
Without doing much further testing would you guys think a replacement PSU would be enough?
Edit:Forgot to mention the PSU Part Number: 614-0365
Again thanks for any toughts/inputs on the matter.
A friend asked for help with his IMAC G5 17" wich refuses to turn on anymore , after doing every now and then.
I asked him to open it and take the PSU to have a look , im attaching a picture of the interior with what i think are a couple of bulged ruptured caps and a brownish looking transformer , also he measured the output from it wich seems a bit low (20v instead of 24 , 2.60 instead of 5vdc) since hes overseas i wont be able to replace the caps but he could get a new psu from ebay.
I asked him to check the motherboard for any more deformed caps , he mentioned just one slighty bulged under the memory banks but the rest "looked" very fine.
Without doing much further testing would you guys think a replacement PSU would be enough?
Edit:Forgot to mention the PSU Part Number: 614-0365
Again thanks for any toughts/inputs on the matter.
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Just remember to also replace the small caps, "just in case". The big primary cap is fine as it is, and should stay that way during the rest of the PSU's lifetime 
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