This particular coworker took it in and initially was supposed to pay for labor only, and in the end she didn't have to pay a dime. My suggestion is to take it into the Apple Store or an authorized service center and see if you can get it replaced. Just doing a quick search right now for "eMac capacitor" came up with this which kind of confirms my suspicions: Incidentally, the eMac also suffers from the capacitor plague that also affects the iMac G5 and other PCs from other manufacturers (Dell, IBM, etc.). She eventually took it to the Apple Store where they told her that the logic board needed to be replaced. In the system logs, I noticed a lot of errors from the video chipset that caused the system to lock up. After doing some research, I found out that it might be due to an issue with the logic board. To make matters even weirder, when it was booted in Safe Mode it ran just fine, but would obviously not be satisfactory for a regular working environment. I had a coworker who had an eMac that would also freeze up from time to time. I know there's a few other things I've tried that I read on various forums, can't precisely remember them all now, but all were to no avail.Īm I out of luck? Any suggestions are very appreciated. Ran disk utilities, ran disk first aid from startup disk, ran hardware tests from startup disk (all came back negative), and finally today, did an erase and install of my system software, followed by yet another hardware test showing no problems, and it continue to freezes shortly after startup. Here's what I've done so far with no improvements: Disconnected all external equipment, inc. Prior to the problem developing, I had installed no new software or hardware, etc. In particular, almost anytime a window or program was minimized or expanded, it would always freeze. Overtime, the frequency of freezing steadily increased. Freezing began to occur while operating any software, or none at all, freezing right after start up sometimes (or even during).
Shortly thereafter, it would occasionally freeze while operating Safari. Screen saver would keep running, but it would not let me out. My Power G4 eMac, with 1.25GHz processor, and 1 GB RAM, began freezing occasionally, about 6-8 months ago, when the system installed screen saver came on. I'll first describe the problem and how it developed, and then the steps I've taken in an attempt to resolve it.
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