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Apple announces PowerMac G5 Repair Extension Program for Power Supply Issues

Posted Nov 6th 2006 11:30PM by Laurie A. Duncan
Filed under: Bugs/Recalls, PowerMac G5, Troubleshooting

Earlier today Apple announced their The Power Mac G5 Repair Extension Program which applies to Power Mac G5 systems that have "power-related issues as a result of a specific component failure within the computer's power supply." In other words, if your G5 isn't starting up and your serial number falls conveniently within ranges indicated, Apple will fix you up on the house. Apple says there are no known safety issues caused by this component failure. Having a G5 for a paperweight is overkill, however, so you might as well let them fix it.

From the info page:

The affected Power Mac G5 models were sold between approximately October 2005 and August 2006 and feature Dual 2GHz, Dual 2.3GHz or Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors.
If Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) determines that your Power Mac G5 computer is eligible as part of the program, the power supply repair will be covered by Apple for up to two years from the original date of purchase even if your Power Mac G5 is out of warranty. This worldwide Apple program does not extend the standard warranty coverage of the Power Mac G5.

Affected systems will exhibit one of the following power-related symptoms:

System will not start up after the power button is pressed
No LED activity
Note: If your Power Mac G5 is not experiencing any of these symptoms, you do not have to contact Apple or any Apple Authorized Service Provider.

The affected Power Mac G5 computers have serial numbers where the first 5 digits fall into the ranges noted below. The Power Mac G5 computer's serial number is located inside the case directly below the air deflector, along with other configuration information.

Serial Number Ranges

CK539xxxxxx - CK608xxxxxx
G8539xxxxxx - G8608xxxxxx
YM539xxxxxx - YM608xxxxxx
RM539xxxxxx - RM608xxxxxx

By the way, if you've been bitten by this bug and already paid for out of warranty repairs that would now qualify under this program, Apple or the AASP that did the repair should be contacting you about starting the reimbursement process - but you might want to contact them first to get the ball rolling.

If you're a G5 owner, leave us a comment and let us know if your system is one of the ones affected!

Weekend Review: This week's rigs

Posted May 28th 2006 12:00PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware

Each week, we recap the Rigs of the Day that have graced our pages over the past seven days, and crown a "Rig of the Week." Here is the current entry.

Reader *nathan asks, "Where did the computer go?" Let's hope he got that thing back together. jasonsewell wow'd us with the 50" TV connected to his Mac mini running FrontRow. His set up makes the TV I won in college in 1989 seem even more pathetic.* In fact, we were so stunned by jasonsewell's set up, what we went on a bit of a multimedia rig frenzy. Reader ICULOOKN had a similar arrangement, with the clever addition of an iSight camera, and beenester decided to use a G5 Powermac as his multimedia Mac. Very cool.

OndraSoukup believes in raising Mac addicts from the start, and Zennifer attached a swivel arm to the back of her G5 iMac for a very cool floating effect.

So which is the Rig of the Week? We've got to go with Zennifer's floating iMac. Sure, the swivel arm is kind of bulky, but you won't see it while working. We really like it. Well done!

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We select one image to highlight each day, and crown a Rig of the Week on Sundays.

*Yes, I still use a TV I got in college in 1989 as my primary TV. It's sad.

Rig of the Day: Thomas Dolby's setup

Posted May 11th 2006 7:00AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Audio, Cult of Mac, PowerMac G5

Yes, that Thomas Dolby. Flickr user randomduck snapped a shot of his on-stage rig which consisted of contemporary and (modded) vintage equipment, all of which is controlled by a dual-processor Power Mac G5. For a more detailed run down of what's pictured, check out Thomas' blog.

"Thomas Dolby's on-stage Mac rig" posted by randomduck.

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Rig of the Day: Multiple monitors

Posted Feb 19th 2006 7:00PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware

Flickr user and TUAW reader End User's desk, while cluttered, looks like a set from Fox's drama 24. Four displays form a semi-circle while broadcasting the video signals from a dual 2.7GHz Power Mac G5 with 4.5GB RAM...and a couple of PC's. But we'll let that go. Also featured in this shot are a 7300 with a G3 upgrade (even if it is being used as a monitor stand) and a 60GB iPod. That's nice desk, End User. Now tidy up a bit.

"Desk" posted by End User.

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Rig of the Day: A nice home studio

Posted Feb 13th 2006 9:30PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware, PowerMac G5, Apple

Flickr user, TUAW reader, and slayer of the living dead Zombie Killer is responsible for today's Rig of the Day. His home studio features two 20" Cinema Displays, a dual 2.0GHz Power Mac G5, a couple guitars, a couple of basses and a whole rack of fun stuff. The snapshot has been carefully notated, so you can check everything out.

"Studio" posted by Zombie Killer.

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Rig of the Day: The studio

Posted Feb 2nd 2006 6:30PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware, PowerMac G5, Apple

Today's rig features one serious G5-powered home studio. A huge Cinema Display surveys its domain from on high. Not being a professional musician, I don't even know what most of that stuff is, so maybe reader metanut can enlighten us?

"Studio" posted by metanut.

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Rig of the Day: Do you have enough displays?

Posted Jan 27th 2006 3:00PM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware

Sure, the G5 Power Mac on the floor is cool, as is the iPod and the Xbox 360. But check out the four image-spanning displays! Is that TUAW on the Cinema display, with my Munsters post front and center? Seriously, could you run Photoshop on this setup or what?

"Untitled" posted by scorpioca77.

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Big Fat Hard Drives for your PowerMac G5

Posted Jan 27th 2006 8:00AM by Fabienne Serriere
Filed under: Hardware, PowerMac G5

If you bought a PowerMac G5, or if you're still going to buy one because you hate all that is Intel and you suspect Apple will switch over their desktops next, be sure to check out some of the SATA hard disk options currently on the market. If you choose, for example, to upgrade your drives from the Apple Store, note that you will pay:

250gig SATA hard drive: $275*
500gig SATA hard drive: $575*

Now if you buy 500gig SATA hard drives from, for example, Western Digital, you will pay:

500gig WD Caviar SE16 SATA hard drive: $349.99 (shipping?)

Or by looking a bit at pricewatch.com, you will find:

500gig Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drive: $340.00 (free shipping)

If you instead fish around at newegg.com you may see:

500gig Hitachi Deskstar SATA hard drive: $395.00 (plus shipping)

Remember, if you RAID it up, Mix it up! Try to use different models and makes of hard drives for your RAIDs. If a drive fails in a machine, chances are a similar make and model could** fail soon thereafter.

From what I know there is only room for two SATA drives in a PowerMac G5 (without adding any controller cards), so why not put in two 500gig drives yourself? Sell that Wow Original Apple Hard drive !!! 250gig !!! Must L@@K! on eBay to offset your costs.

* (Algebraically derived from today's Apple Store prices, if you need to see the math, call me.)
** (This of course is up to chaos theory and many other electrical factors. Your second drive may outlive even your favorite parrot. You just can't know.)

Rig of the Day: Mind the Mac, Chewie

Posted Jan 23rd 2006 7:30AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware, Humor, Odds and ends, PowerMac G5, Apple

Last week we posted a rig that prompted reader minty95 to comment, "Loving the rig pictures, but hey guys, what's with being so tidy? How about a few messy desks over the next few days..." Ask and you shall receive.

Today's rig comes from narcofiche, and features (among other things) a 20" Cinema Display, a dual 2.0 Power Mac G5, a silver iPod mini, a plastic Chewbacca head, some Ben & Jerry's (I prefer Chunky Monkey, myself) and...well, we're sure there's a mouse and keyboard in there somewhere. This snapshot takes me back to my college days. Ah, youth.

"messy desk" posted by narcofiche.

If you'd like to see your own rig featured here, simply upload photos into our group Flickr pool. We'll select an image every day to highlight.

Rig of the Day: Drool

Posted Jan 22nd 2006 7:00AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends

Today's rig of the day has us drooling. This shot by Flickr user The Real Dexta features two 30" cinema displays, an iSight, a 15" Powerbook, a 1TB LaCie RAID (yikes), a dualie 2.7 G5...and an iPod sock. It's the sock that puts it over the edge for me (mostly because I still use my grey one, too). There are more goodies buried in there, click around the plethora of notes to see what you can find.

"dexta_computers" posted by the real dexta.

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Apple announces PowerMac G5 Repair Extension Program for Power Supply Issues

Weekend Review: This week's rigs

Rig of the Day: Thomas Dolby's setup

Rig of the Day: Multiple monitors

Rig of the Day: A nice home studio

Rig of the Day: The studio

Rig of the Day: Do you have enough displays?

Big Fat Hard Drives for your PowerMac G5

Rig of the Day: Mind the Mac, Chewie

Rig of the Day: Drool

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