Apple G5 iMac Screen Flickering and Screen Corruption

19. January 2010 14:40 by Brian in Apple - Comments: (2)

Yesterday my old G5 Apple iMac started to crash and have screen corruption with windows appearing to freeze and then leave parts behind when moving around. After a hour the computer was crashing as soon as it booted and the startup logo developed distortion and lines across the screen and ended up with the display being completely unusable.

After removing the cover on the iMac I found that 4 of the capacitors on the main logic board had expanded and blown which were located in the areas circled below.

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X1 Project - First case change for a classic Xbox games console

10. June 2006 00:00 by Brian in Projects | Xbox - Comments: (0)

X1 - Fitting the standard xbox games console into a commercial CD player case. More...

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X2 - Custom case built to make the Xbox console as small and quiet as possible.

9. June 2006 00:00 by Brian in Projects | Xbox - Comments: (0)

X2 - Custom case built to make the Xbox console as small and quiet as possible.

This case was built using aluminium and perspex for the top panel. More...

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