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Is your iMac G5 down with the blues? Get it running for the long haul at a fraction of the cost of a new logic card.

See, how to repair an Apple iMac G5 today.

I recently took the next step into repairing the iMac G5. I purchased a non working iMac, with a bad power supply, and tore into it to find out what was going on. Guess what? More bad capacitors. Read the complete story of the Apple iMac G5 Power Supplies DIY Apple Repairs.

Yesterday a friend needed some help to install memory on a MacBook Pro. Picked up two, 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 type RAM from Frys. The maximum memory on this older MacBook Pro that could be installed was 2GB. It was suggested from the Apple site to install them in pairs. My friend had two 512MB, now he has a total of 2GB.

My iMac PowerPC G5 now has two screens. It is able to extend the desktop area to the new large screen LCD monitor. Read all about installing two monitors on iMac with Free Screen Spanning Software.

Well, with the demise of another old PC computer which had 2.5 GB RAM, I was able to take 2 GB of that memory and install the two 1GB boards into my Apple iMac G5. Great upgrade. Went from 1 to 2 GB.

I had to build a new computer a couple of days ago. Mine went blink, blank, beep, beep, and more beeps.

Check out what is involved in building a new computer at a bargain base price. The computer is build to higher end specs without going overboard in the price/performance ratio. The price was right, and considering that a number of hours was spent upfront, it saved time on the back end. Read more about How To Build a Web 2.0 Internet Computer.

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