[Coco] An interesting computer repair story

[gene heskett]

On Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:12:00 PM James Hrubik did opine:

> And that ain't all.  I had to rebuild my iMac G5 power supply and
> replace all the caps on the motherboard because Apple used flaky
> parts.  Only consolation was that just about every other manufacturer
> in that time frame had the same problem -- bought the caps from an El-
> Cheapo place in China that had stolen the electrolyte formula but
> didn't get all of it right.
> 
> I didn't replace ALL the caps on the motherboard -- left 4 of them
> that didn't look bad, because the silver solder just wasn't melting
> properly -- and now I find that when I shut down, I need to unplug
> the iMac from the power strip so that all the charge bleeds off.
> Otherwise, if I leave it plugged in, it may fail to start (like a
> power failure).
> 
> I have a Bondi Blue iMac that my daughter gave up on when she was at
> Parris island; it quit the same way and some day I'll tear it down
> and see if not only the caps in the iMac itself but also in the CD
> tray drive went belly-up.  Betcha they did.  I wouldn't doubt that
> there are some CoCos out there that could benefit from a cap
> transplant, with higher voltage ratings.
> 
> Once you get flux fumes in your system, you're hooked.

One could say that, I still keep my iron in good working order.  Most 
recently while bringing my little toy 7x12 lathe back to life with a 
computer running linuxcnc to control it.  I actually made one end of a part 
this afternoon I'd like to sell eventually, by clicking the run button.  
That portion was simple, and I went to the front yard where I'm wrapping 
fenceposts with white 4x4 sleeves & putting in some of that white plastic 
picket stuff.  Trying to stay even with the honeydo list.  :)
 
> Yeah, Gene, I'm still here, lurking.  Just didn't have a snappy
> comeback to that April 24th post %^D.
> 
> --Grandpa Jim

Chuckle, good to hear, I was beginning to wonder if you been hit by a hit & 
run or something.

Cheers, Gene
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