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Well, I managed to get all the capacitors I previously complained about desoldered and the new parts fitted. However, the iMac G5 now displays video glitches while POSTing, and it never boots past a plain blue screen with an artifacted cursor. As can be seen above, video glitches are also present in Open Firmware.
Looking at this photo (large size here) and seeing what may be some cold solder joints I suspect that some of the caps — specifically those for the video controller / memory — aren’t doing what they are supposed to. This means that I’m going to be taking the machine back apart tonight or tomorrow and attempting to reflow those joints.
I’m disappointed. It really frustrates me when I screw something up.
UPDATE: I think I should probably take a look at the display cable and its connector as well.
I hope you manage to get that fixed. Looks like a nasty glitch.
On a semi-related note, might you know anyone locally that might be able to replace a few caps on a monitor? I have one with a backlight that doesn’t work. I know what the problem likely is, but am clueless when it comes to soldering.
Katrus: I probably could… What’s the problem you are seeing? Got any links which discuss it?