[G4] Dead eMac

[parts guy]

I fixed an eMac for a coworker.....her cat puked on the top of it and so in 
their efforts to clean up the mess they vacuumed and wiped and what all else 
they did.....it had still worked fine after the cat puked and before the 
cleanup.....something in the cleaning process had made it stop.....well, I 
thought that it was probably a power supply or something......changed the 
battery to no avail.....upon her OK I tore it open and poked 
around.....strange thing struck me as I disassembled the unit.....the little 
wire that coiled from the mobo to the on/off switch came loose very 
easily.....as I reassembled the unit I looked more closely at the wire to 
switch connection and realized that in their efforts to clean the eMac they 
had turned it all different directions and the wire fitting probably worked 
loose.....I reattached the fitting into the socket on the switch and all has 
been fine since.......the going rate for this repair is two bottles of wine!



Thanks,
Keith
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G4-500 AGP/10.4.4
B/W G3-350/9.2.2
AMD Athlon XP 2600+2.6 ghz/XP
AMD 7 Athlon 1 ghz/Fedora Core 4





>From: "Richard Northouse" <rnorthouse at wi.rr.com>
>Reply-To: rnorthouse at wi.rr.com,"A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers." 
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>To: "'A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers.'" 
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>Subject: [G4] Dead eMac
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:39:12 -0500
>
>
>Hi Gang,
>
>I have a friend who has an eMac that is completely DEAD! She says it is
>plugged into the AC but no response.  No dings, no bells, no screen, 
>zippo!!
>
>She was using the machine in the evening and everything was cool, but the
>next morning it was dead city.  No storms or lightning overnight.
>
>Anyone have an idea where I could start?  I remember a while back someone 
>on
>the list claimed that a bad battery could cause something like this?  Could
>a fuse somehow get blown?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Rich
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