IMac G5 comatose

iMac has been acting a bit strange; things running slowly, way too much of that toxic rainbow wheel on screen when opening an app, switching apps, or doing other tasks. Suddenly last night when I tried to print someting, the whole thing froze up completely (as in, I had to turn off by holding the button down). I ran a hardware test and it said everything ok. But when I booted from the backup drive (latest backup done before the problems began), the same sorts of things were happening, so it seems like it must be in the computer itself (?). Now it's totally frozen; won't even boot; it's on the grey apple screen for many minutes; then goes to blue screen and nothing else happens (waited a good half-hour). One time when I turned it on, there was a loud, single musical tone and the indicator light flashed very quickly for a few seconds.
Some time back I had problems with the power supply, which you wonderful folks helped me diagnose; I put a new one in (at considerable savings in time and money over seeking professional repair help) and had no further problems with that issue. Hoping you can help this time, too.
Thanks,
Judy

Hi, Miriam, thanks for responding.
I reset the PRAM and SMU to no effect. At some point in this, I got a black screen with this in the upper left corner: diskOs3: I/D error. -sh-2.05b#
New ram, yes, but at least a couple years ago so don't think it could be connected.
I think it's that capacitor thing, I'd forgotten about those little suckers. There are none with evident corrosion, but there are four that appear to be bulging rather than flat on top. Can they be replaced or do you have to replace the whole logic board? Is that something I can do or do you need special tools or skills? (I had no trouble putting in the power supply, but this looks more complex.) Have noticed there are lots of partial computers on ebay--like one without power supply and hard drive, etc. Does it make sense (if it seems like a knowledgeable, honest seller) to consider this? I could use hard drive and pwr supply from mine...I just can't afford a new computer right now...any and all thoughts on this are welcome.
Judy

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What this will not make you do:
It will not make you modify anything on your internal Mac hard drive
It will not make you use or install the bootcamp assistant
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What you'll need
An external hard drive with a USB3 and/or Thunderbolt connector. This drive will be formatted so ensure you saved your files before going further. You can use either an SSD drive or a classic hard drive.
A Windows 7 or 8 install DVD or ISO (check whether to install 32 or 64 bits versions based on your Bootcamp drivers) and the corresponding Windows serial number.
One of the following:
Mac OS X with a Windows 7 or 8 Virtual Machine (use VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop for example. Note: VMWare Fusion seems to have some issues with Thunderbolt and USB3. Plug your drive to a USB2 enclosure or hub to work around this -it worked for me-, or use another VM software) → Read the important note below
A PC running Windows 7 or 8 → Read the important note below
Windows AIK (free) running on your Virtual Machine or on your PC, or just the imagex.exe file (the rest of the Windows AIK package is not needed)
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Download Windows AIK (this download and installation is not required if you have already downloaded imagex.exe)
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A USB stick to store your bootcamp drivers
IMPORTANT: If your Mac has a 64 bits processor, your Windows Virtual Machine on OSX, your Windows installation on your PC and your Windows DVD/ISO must also be in 64 bits!
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Step 1: Get the install.wim file
If you have a Windows ISO file:
Mount the ISO
If you're on OS X: double click on the ISO file
If you're on on Windows 7: Use a software like Virtual Clone Drive (free)
If you're on Windows 8: double click on the ISO file
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IMPORTANT: If instead of a "install.wim" file, you have "install.esd", you can not continue this step by step guide. And an ESD file can not be converted into a WIM file. So you must get a version of the Windows installation DVD/ISO that has an install.wim file.
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On your Windows installation or virtual machine, plug in your external hard drive (can be plugged using USB2, USB3 or Thunderbolt at this stage)
Open the command prompt in administrator mode (cmd.exe). To run it in administrator mode, right click on cmd.exe > Run as admin.
Type the following and hit enter to open the disk partitioner utility:
diskpartType the following and hit enter to list your drives:
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If you've done all the previous steps from your Mac using a Virtual Machine, ensure the external drive is plugged in to a USB3 or Thunderbolt port. Using USB2 should also work but you'll get very poor performance so I don't recommend doing that.
Reboot your Mac and once the bootup sound is over, immediately press the ALT (option) key and release it only when the boot drives selection screen appears. If you did not get the boot drives selection screen, reboot and try again. The timing to press the ALT (option) key is quite short. It must not be too early or too late.
On the boot selection screen, choose "Windows" using the arrow keys on your keyboard, then press enter.
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