Having some G5 problems :|

[ChanServ]

I have recently come into possession of an iMac G5 tower. ( currently running leopard, but used to be running tiger )

It is having epic freezing problems, it freezes almost instantaneously when launching any network related application, as well as many times on boot. I have unplugged to ethernet, and that gives it, on average, about 20 min. before it goes crashing down in flames. This happens on both Tiger and Leopard. I have also tried Ubuntu and it will not load properly.

So, it looks to be a hardware issue, I know that it was repaired once, and the technician may have not properly applied the thermal grease, and it could be overheating. My main plan, as far, is to rip it apart, and hope that applying some acrylic silver will fix my woes. I have no prior apple experiance, so if there anything my fellow forum'ers think that I should try first?

thanks, ChanServ.

[hellion0]

iMac tower? As far as I know, iMac G5s only came as an all-in-one, Power Macs were towers.

That said, the problems you're describing could possibly be overheating-induced, at least, that's the first thing I'd think of. It couldn't hurt to hit the CPU/heatsink with some Arctic Silver or something.

[ChanServ]

iMac tower? As far as I know, iMac G5s only came as an all-in-one, Power Macs were towers.

That said, the problems you're describing could possibly be overheating-induced, at least, that's the first thing I'd think of. It couldn't hurt to hit the CPU/heatsink with some Arctic Silver or something.

yep, tower. its got a large shinny G5 logo right on the top of the heatsink. :P

/me is taking it apart now :D

[ChanServ]

nope, it dident help at all :(