IMac Turns off by itself!!!

If I leave my iMac on for more than a day, it turns off by itself! After you turn it back on, the date always says it's December 31, 1969 and the time is always many hours ahead, even when it's set to use a network time server. Is there anything I can do about this?
iMac G3 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

It sounds as if your CMOS backup battery has failed. I don't know if there's anything you can do except arrange to send the unit back to Apple for repair, but you may get a much better answer if you repost the question in the proper forum: this one is for the new Intel based iMacs.

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IMac turn off by itself

Hi everybody
My iMac has been turning off repeateadly in the middle of a job. When it does it, I cannot turn it on again inmediately. I have to wait to next day, some times even longer. If the cable is plugged in, I cannot turned it on. I've tried everything. Changing the cable, changing the power font, etc. Some people say the problem is with the mother board. As a consequence of this, my disk drive didn't work anymore.
I have been told this is a factory problem and that Apple is recognizing it. Does anyone know abot it?
Thank in advance

T update; I get the blackout without the restarts and tried all the suggested remedies on these forums with no relief. I can see light from the grill covering the ram access port so I do not think it is fully shutdown but will not respond to any wireless input devices so I must press the power bottom on the back to restart It which it does in a normal fashion. The machine does not seem to be running hot (much cooler than my black Mackbook) . I guess I will be bringing it in but I do not feel optimistic given the posts by users who did so and did not get a fix. I think this issue will take some time to resolve. I just wanted to add my two cents.
See Berry's list of similar posts as follows:
27-inch / 27" iMac Random Shut down:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11791328#11791328
Random Restarts on Intel based iMac
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1943134&start=0&tstart=0
Sudden restarts and shutdowns on iMac
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1865839&start=0&tstart=0
And this current one here: 27" Core i7 iMac blacks out then restarts itself for no reason:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2258132&start=0&tstart=0

Why my iMac 27 2010 turn off by itself?

Why my iMac 27 mid 2010 turn off by itself?
I already replaced the Power Supply part number 661-5972. The next thing is replace all the thermal sensors and then the logic board. I do not have any other way to find out what it 's wrong with it.
Last the same time that the old power Supply. Let it sit for a few hours. Turn back on and works fora few more days or weeks ans suddenly turn off again.
I am 66, started out with Apple around 87 as an independant service provider here in PR and have never had so much problem with any other mac's than this one.
Apple support provider here in PR have no expertise what so ever in giving us solutions to problems. Even thought I still doing some support to some of the old customer I am handicap with new technical tools to solve problems within new products. I wish Apple would have consideration on the old ones that help and support apple products without their help.
Thank you for reading my note!
Jose A Marrero

I can relate Jose
Have you looked under the hood of a newer car, worked on a new toaster or coffee maker..? Most all of them have sealed components that are no longer repairable, you throw the old part away and replace it with a new part or just replace the whole thing.
Heck' for the most part even the Geniuses at the bar are unable to fix or do anything about most hardware problems. So instead of trying to fix a product that is under warranty, they either send it out or replace it with a new Mac, Pad, Pod or Phone on the spot.
As another Apple user like yourself with some hands in experience and some time here in ASC, it sounds more like either a overheating graphic's chip or bad SMC chip than a temperature sensor problem. Both of which the normal Hardware Test will not catch.
So on that note: I would probably closely monitor all the temperature sensors (especially the GPU temperature) with iStat Pro or Temp Monitor to see if you can catch an overheating component that is causing the shutdown.
It also might help to post the Consol Message for the shutdown here in the ASC forum.
Dennis

Turns off by itself, don't think it is bad mb?!?

Hi All.
I bought this mac at a garage sale about 2 years ago for $150 and it has been working great.
Lately it has been turning off by itself.
It is not hot.
I did some research and people were saying that the capacitors on the motherboard and the powersupply are known to go bad on this computer.
When I tried to find a serial number on this computer there was not one, leading me to believe that the mb was probably replaced by Apple or someone at some time.
This is what ASP says:
Model Name: iMac G5
Model Identifier: PowerMac8,2
Processor Name: PowerPC G5 (3.1)
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.5f1
Serial Number (system):
Sales Order Number:
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-001124CCC858
2 weeks ago it totally would not turn on so I took the back off, looked at the mb and the capacitors all looked good (to me anyway) then I took out the powersupply, opened that expecting something in there to be all gooey or swollen and everything looked good there too!
I went back to the internet and found a troubleshooting flowchart type thing on Apples site, and it gave me the idea of checking the little power button on the mb.
The computer started right up no problem.
I also looked at the troubleshooting lights on the mb and those were all lit like they were supposed to be.
I put the computer back together and everything has worked fine for the last two weeks.
Just now it turned off again.
I turned it back on, got the apple chime, then it turned off.
I did it 2 more times, now it is back on. Not sure how long it is going to last.
The computer in question is not the one listed below, it is my daughters g5. thanks!
Does anyone know any other things I can try?
Thank you! Laura

Apple doesn't publish the meaning of these codes, but the -122, although it could still mean the Logic Board, is probably related to the power supply. But don't hold me to it. The power supply costs around $125, so it's not a terrible gamble to try a new one. The Logic Board is much more expensive. But you might find someone who's willing to replace any bad caps they find for quite a bit less. I've seen these.
http://www.dttservice.com/imacg5.html
http://www.badcaps.net/

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2.- I tried to turned on pressing the turn on/off button and it did not do anything.
3.- I disconected the computer form the wall and wait for some minutes, and it did no do anything.
4.- After about 20 minutes i tried again and turned on by pessing the on and off button.
5.- The imac turned off again and disconected form the wall and conected to another electrical contact at the wall, adn it did not turned on. i wait for some minutes and turned on again, but after about five minutes it turned off again.
6.- I left the imac connected to the wall for a couple hours and i tried to turned onn by pessing the on/off button and it did not turned on.
7.- I left all night connected form the wall and tried to turn it on this morning and it did not turn on.
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11.- I can feel some very, very little air at the back form the vent.
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