My imac g5 from 2004 crashed, and now it won't turn on. Help?

Question

Not much else to say. My i-mac G5 which I bought in 2004 started crashing ocassionally a while back. It would always restart, but then the power button started not working. I would sometimes have to push the button many times to get it to start. Am I f**ked?

Answer 1

Try opening the case and see if the power button contact is properly aligned.  Once the case is open, inspect for bulging or leaking capacitors.
You can also run
Disk Utility
   1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
   2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
      Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
   3. Click the First Aid tab.
   4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
   5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
   6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk.
Then reboot and repair perm issions.