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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / October 2005Is it worth it?
Hi all, I have the option of buying an eMac with a dead monitor. Everything else is fine. My question are: 1. Does anyone know the cause of the monitor failures on emacs? 2. Can they be repaired by repairers outside the Apple network of overcharging service centres? If it if worth the repair cost, I'll buy it, but I see no sense in buying something thet can't be repaired regardless of the spare parts I ight be able to flog off. TIA Wayne. I just sold one with a dead motherboard for $50, I wonder if its the same one ? How do you know what is wrong with it ? Are you a technician ? If its the monitor it may be worth repairing but don't pay more than $50 for it is my advice. Cheers Andrew On 15/10/05 7:22 PM, in article 4350CA42.A82092F9@optusnet.com.au, "The castle family" <castlehome@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Wayne. Hi > I just sold one with a dead motherboard for $50, I wonder if its the same > one ? No this one is in Brisbane, the owner has had it since new, 2.5 years ago.. > How do you know what is wrong with it ? Are you a technician ? The owner took it to apple to claim a waranty repair only to find she wasn't covered. Another reason to buy Apple Care. She wasn't about to fork out $500 to get it fixed. > If its the monitor it may be worth repairing but don't pay more than $50 for it is > > my advice. that's what I'm trying to determine, that is, I know it's the monitor, but what exactly? I have an impression from talking with the owner that the CRT may need replacing. I find that hard to believe as I'd expect one of the curcuit boards to die first. Pity, I saw the emac you had for sale, Oh well, such is life. Any other thoughts out there? Wayne. > Cheers Andrew > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > Wayne. Yes, its a pity, the two of them could have made a fine emac, my crt with your down converter (part of motherboard) Such is life andrew > Pity, I saw the emac you had for sale, Oh well, such is life. > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Wayne. |
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