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Since: Nov 25, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:22 pm
Post subject: What might causing this iMac heat-when-off problem?
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Normally, we leave our computers on and sleep them. I borrowed my
daughter's keyboard yesterday so I turned off her iMac (the now
discontinued 17" model) we bought last June. Today, when I reconnected
the keyboard and attempted to turn on her iMac, nothing happened when I
pressed the power button on the back. I tried several times and nothing
happened. At first I thought it was dead.
Then I noticed that the back was hot--- the quadrant right above the
power button. I unplugged the unit. It cooled off and I was able to
start it again. It took maybe three times as long to start up as it
used to. After running it for ten minutes, I shut it down again and,
upon returning one hour later, it was hot again! After unplugging it
from the wall socket, it has again cooled. I'd appreciate any ideas
about what might be going on and how to take up this problem with Apple
Care. Thanks.
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Since: Nov 09, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:18 am
Post subject: Re: What might causing this iMac heat-when-off problem? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article , Madwen writes:
>Normally, we leave our computers on and sleep them. I borrowed my
>daughter's keyboard yesterday so I turned off her iMac (the now
>discontinued 17" model) we bought last June. Today, when I reconnected
>the keyboard and attempted to turn on her iMac, nothing happened when I
>pressed the power button on the back. I tried several times and nothing
>happened. At first I thought it was dead.
>
>Then I noticed that the back was hot--- the quadrant right above the
>power button. I unplugged the unit. It cooled off and I was able to
>start it again. It took maybe three times as long to start up as it
>used to. After running it for ten minutes, I shut it down again and,
>upon returning one hour later, it was hot again! After unplugging it
>from the wall socket, it has again cooled. I'd appreciate any ideas
>about what might be going on and how to take up this problem with Apple
>Care. Thanks.
It sounds like some defect in the power supply.
Regards,
Christoph Gartmann
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Max-Planck-Institut fuer Phone : +49-761-5108-464 Fax: -452
Immunbiologie
Postfach 1169 Internet: gartmann@immunbio dot mpg dot de
D-79011 Freiburg, Germany
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Since: Nov 25, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:51 am
Post subject: Re: What might causing this iMac heat-when-off problem? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In article ,
gartmann.RemoveThis@nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) wrote:
> In article ,
> Madwen writes:
> >Normally, we leave our computers on and sleep them. I borrowed my
> >daughter's keyboard yesterday so I turned off her iMac (the now
> >discontinued 17" model) we bought last June. Today, when I reconnected
> >the keyboard and attempted to turn on her iMac, nothing happened when I
> >pressed the power button on the back. I tried several times and nothing
> >happened. At first I thought it was dead.
> >
> >Then I noticed that the back was hot--- the quadrant right above the
> >power button. I unplugged the unit. It cooled off and I was able to
> >start it again. It took maybe three times as long to start up as it
> >used to. After running it for ten minutes, I shut it down again and,
> >upon returning one hour later, it was hot again! After unplugging it
> >from the wall socket, it has again cooled. I'd appreciate any ideas
> >about what might be going on and how to take up this problem with Apple
> >Care. Thanks.
>
> It sounds like some defect in the power supply.
Thanks, that confirms my suspicion.
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