A1058 or A1058? - comp.sys.mac.system

Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get ripped off? Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards are significantly different. -- Wes Groleau “Grant me the serenity to accept those I cannot change; the courage to change the one I can; and the wisdom to know it's me.” — unknown

In article <jvk9no$2i1$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get > ripped off? > > Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my > niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards > are significantly different. sometimes they make internal changes and keep the model number the same.

On 08-04-2012 19:26, nospam wrote: > In article <jvk9no$2i1$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau > <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get >> ripped off? >> >> Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my >> niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards >> are significantly different. > > sometimes they make internal changes and keep the model number the same. Since the differences are not minor and I found two screws rattling around inside, I suspect the internal changes were not made by Apple. -- Wes Groleau From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, From the laziness that is content with half-truths, From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of Truth, deliver us. --Leslie Dixon Weatherhead --Rabbi Mordechai M. Kaplan --ancient prayer --unknown --(no attempt at attribution) (a thousand thanks to someone who can tell me who really wrote it AND persuade me they're not making it up!)

On Aug 4, 5:03=A0pm, Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...@FreeShell.org> wrote: > Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my > niece's bad one. =A0Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards > are significantly different. Lots of G5 iMacs had bad logoc boards (capacitor plague) and were replaced by Apple under warranty. The problem was so prevalent that Apple extended the warrranty from one year to three. I can't say for sure if the original and Apple-replaced iMac G5 logic boards are different, but I do know that when I had my eMac's logic board changed for the same reason, that the new and old logic boards definitely looked different, with components in different places. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.

On 08-04-2012 23:43, Kiraly wrote: > On Aug 4, 5:03 pm, Wes Groleau <Groleau+n...@FreeShell.org> wrote: >> Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my >> niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards >> are significantly different. > > Lots of G5 iMacs had bad logoc boards (capacitor plague) and were > replaced by Apple under warranty. The problem was so prevalent that > Apple extended the warrranty from one year to three. > > I can't say for sure if the original and Apple-replaced iMac G5 logic > boards are different, but I do know that when I had my eMac's logic > board changed for the same reason, that the new and old logic boards > definitely looked different, with components in different places. Well, then, maybe I didn't get ripped off. But, not only are there "components in different places" but also, in order to swap boards, I also have to swap power supplies (extra connector) and swap WiFi parts which are completely different. And the WiFi part means I have to remove the fans and the metal frame, because the antennas of the one are glued to that frame with no clearance between them and the outer case, and the wire to one of them is threaded under the fans. Yes, this was caused by the capacitor plague, but my niece probably didn't know about the plague and the warranty or it happened outside the extension period. -- Wes Groleau Pat's Polemics http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett

In article <jvk9no$2i1$1@dont-email.me>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get > ripped off? > > Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my > niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards > are significantly different. Look here: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1058> to see. -- Tim "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689

On 2012-08-06 17:33:34 +0000, Tim Streater said: > In article <jvk9no$2i1$1@dont-email.me>, > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > >> Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get ripped off? >> >> Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my >> niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards >> are significantly different. > > Look here: > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1058> > > to see. I clicked on the link and got a page about a road in England! -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas

In article <a8ah6aFj7lU1@mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote: > On 2012-08-06 17:33:34 +0000, Tim Streater said: > > > In article <jvk9no$2i1$1@dont-email.me>, > > Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > > > >> Is an Apple model number insufficient identification, or did I get ripped > >> off? > >> > >> Bought a G5 iMac for the purpose of swapping logic boards with my > >> niece's bad one. Both say "A1058" on the outside, but the logic boards > >> are significantly different. > > > > Look here: > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1058> > > > > to see. > > I clicked on the link and got a page about a road in England! Wasn't that what he was asking about? Do they have roads in other countries? -- Tim "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689