Need advice on repairing/selling a Quad 2.5 G5

So my G5 died... long story short, apple says they need to replace the processor and heat sync. they quoted me at just under $2000.
I called a 3rd party repaIr place, and they quoted me at just under $1000.
My questions are
1. can I find it for cheaper than 1000,
2. if not, and I wanted to sell my G5 for parts, assuming that everything besides the processor is in good working condition.... what kind of money could I get?
thank you.

Given you state the processor is declared faulty by Apple, I would think that has limited value, I would be inclined to sell the whole computer as one lump, save yourself a lot of problems dealing with several buyers, of separate parts, and probably be left with some which may not sell.
If you really want to split it, you have the power supply, HD's, Logic board, Faulty Processor unit, Video card, Fans, CD/DVD, Power cable, and the case. I wouldn't split it further than that, you will be left with loads of bits.
I agree it's time to move on, get a new computer, replacing the processor may not be the end of your problems with it, then you will be throwing good money after bad.

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Need advice on repairs after wine spill - won't boot

Trying to help a friend fix her MacBook Pro 17" mid-2009 laptop. A fairly small amount of wine was spilled on the keyboard and it was turned off, however not knowing what else to do they used canned air to dry it out. They did not turn it upside down so wine could have been blown deeper into the laptop. She took it to a repair shop and they apparently cleaned it but said the upper assembly containing the keyboard needed to be replaced. It powered up once after this incident but never got passed the start scene with the Apple logo. Since then it won't power up. My question it this... is the power button integrated with the keyboard assembly and possibly damaged? Would buying a used keyboard assembly fix the problem or could there be more unseen damage. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi everyone,
I've been using forums like this one looking for advice on what to do, expect and what not to do when faced with a spillage on your mac and I appreciate everyone's stories and advice from their experience so, I'll gladly reciprocate.
So, I spilled soda pop on my macbook air recently. It was about 2/3 of a shot glass full of diet root beer in the upper right hand corner. I was completely devastated. I thought: "not only would this be a unnecessary and expensive waste of money, but all of my intake files were on that Mac and I'll lose literally thousands of dollars in potential sales if my data is corrupted too!"
Under pressure, I succumb to the two newbie mistakes that almost every newbie makes. First, I froze. Completely. "Maybe is the liquid didn't make it's way into the system? - it really wasn't that much.." I then waited to see what would happen (stupid). The Mac shut off. In a panic, i switched it back on (STUPID) and a blank white screen appeared with a text in the middle. the first paragraph was in english and read "There was a problem attempting to turn your device on … etc, etc". There was a paragraph beneath it written in Chinese or Korean characters. Then, mac shut off again. I frantically ran down stairs to get a bag of rice. I return to our room and, in a panic, i wanted to try turing on the macbook one more time before dumping it in rice (very STUPID). My Mac was working and I was thrilled (for about 5 minutes). All of a sudden, my keys strokes stopped registering, everything froze and it shut down. I did not turn it back on after that. I closed it and quickly flipped it over to let it dry and attempt to save it's life. About 30 seconds later, a motor like noise emanated from the Mac. It started quiet and then quickly got louder and louder. It got so loud that it sounded like the fan was screaming (i've never heard it that loud before). Then, it quickly simmered right down. I THEN submersed it into a rice coffin.
I was so upset, I had so many potential customer intakes on that device and, due to the volume i get on a daily basis, didn't back it up. I made sure rice got in every visible crevice without actually opening up the device. 3 hours later, I put my ear up to the back of the mac. I could hear a faint motor hum still active in the device (like the normal sign it makes when it's on). I though "ok, ok… that's a good sign right?!". It's about that time where I started surfing forums likes these to have a better idea of how to handle this, what to expect and shared/common signs from others experiences that indicate damage has been done.
I kept it closed, tipped over and submersed in it's rice coffin for 37 hours until I took it to the Apply store. All great new and I had the best possible scenario happen to me
The tech said there were no signs of any liquid damage in the system (not even the spill detectors picked it up) and that it's running perfectly fine.
So, to recap:
1. I spilled 2/3 of a shot glass full of diet root beer in the upper right hand corner of my Macbook Air (where the power button is.
2. The computer shut itself down.
3.I tried to turn it back on twice. Once right after and I got blank screen with text saying it's experiencing difficulties trying to start - then it shut itself off. A second time, I attempted to turn it back on 10 minutes later and it ran smoothly for 5 minutes then, keys stopped registering, the computer froze and shut itself off again.
4. Mac let out a very loud scream and then the sound died down (but still lightly hummed for hours later).
5. I closed it and turned it upside down (with the shell closed).
5. I submersed it in a bag of rice (I made sure it got into every possible visible crevice).
6. I left it in it's rice coffin for 37 hours.
7. Took it to the Apple store - and turns out it was perfectly fine and there were no fees!
I'm also really impressed with Apple. It would have been so easy and profitable for them to take advantage of the situation and at least charge and assessment fee - but they didn't. It was completely free. They even replaced one of my screws before sending me off. Apple is honest and respectful with their customers! it if it's broke - they really don't "fix" it like a lot of these other mainstream stores who sell computer repair services. Apple, you rule in so many ways. You know what you're doing as a business and are owning the market for it. Great service and great products Apple.
So that is my spillage story, hope you all find it as usefully as I found your stories (these forums gave me the idea to use rice and it worked!).
Wish you all good luck with your macbook spillage issues. Don't be so quick to write it off as a loss just yet

Need advice on Repair Disc Permissions

I've noticed a few minor bugs with some of my software programs, until Dreamweaver blew up in my face. Suddenly, it took forever to start and often took forever to process certain functions.
I haven't figured out the problem yet, but it occurred to me that I haven't repaired my disk permissions in ages. So I restarted my computer, opened Utilities and clicked Repair Disk Permissions.
I wasn't surprised to see a list of three or four dozen problems. Nine of them begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/CoreServices/FrontRow.app/Contents
Another fifteen begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.Framework/Versions/A
I repaired my disk permissions three or four times, but the same list of errors keeps appearing. So I need some advice on what to do next. Do I keep repairing disk permissions over and over, hoping some of these errors eventually get fixed?
I clicked Verify Disk, and it said there were no apparent errors. So I guess I just need to find a way to zap these disk permissions errors.
On the positive side, Dreamweaver is now starting properly, so maybe repairing my disk permissions fixed something after all.
Thanks for any tips.

This topic is discussed very often in this forum. You can do a search using the Search Discussions at the right. However, this is just one of those posts:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9149546&#9149546

Need advice on Repairing Disk Permissions...

I need some input from those who know how to Repair Disk Permissions (under Disk Utility, for those who don't know).
Basically, I lost a TON of my Access and Privileges on my G4 recently--which I really only noticed after iTunes would no longer let me import anything (no matter how many times I tried changing the Ownership & Permissions on my Music folder's Info section)--which, I might add, I suffered due to a virus caused by Limewire. As had been suggested to me, I Verified Disk Permissions, and saw that I had a TON of problems listed on my startup HD. So I'm now seeking ways to repair them.
Now, the most obvious way is using the Repair Disk Permissions program (which I've actually never had to use before). However, under OS10.3.9, when I select the Repair Disk Permissions on Disk Utility, in listing all my Drives available, it actually shows the drive in 2 formats/pictures:
1) the actual technical name/manufactor model/GB size of the drive (on top), and
2) the Desktop name and Icon picture of the Drive as it appears on my desktop.
This confuses me: as you can guess, the startup Drive in question is only partioned as one. So on Disk Utility, which of these 2 pictured drives do I have to highlight and Repair Disk Permissions to (i.e. 19GB Maxtor32049 Vs. 'HAL')?
Also, for those of you who have used other means (programs) to change Disk Permissions, which would you recommend? For example, I got a program from Versiontracker called BatCHmod, but I don't know if something like it is any safer than just using Repair Disk Permissions. Because unfortunately, I'm running out of room on my disk, and don't have nearly enough space on my other drive to hope to back the whole Drive up to.
Please help!!!

Hi phasmatrope!
TO REPAIR PERMISSIONS ON THE STARTUP DISK
1.Open Disk Utility, located in Applications/Utilities, and select the startup disk HAL, in the left column.
2.Click First Aid.
3.Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions or Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions. (I never "Verify". Just run "Repair".)
Rerun RP until the only message it reports is:
"We are using special permissions for the file or directory ./System/Library/Filesystems/cd9660.fs/cd9660.util.
New permissions are 33261"
This is a status message and not a cause for concern. You may safely ignore it.
Or these:
"We are using a special uid for the file or directory ./private/var/at/jobs. New uid is 1"
"We are using a special uid for the file or directory ./private/var/at/spool. New uid is 1"
Again, these are status messages, which appeared after Security Update 2005-001.
There may be others that you can ignore. Complete lists at link below.
Spurious Permissions Errors In 10.3.x
When "Repair Permissions" is complete. Quit "Disk Utility".
Good Luck!
ali b

Illegal name in verification - drive needs repair, owner needs advice!

Hi,
I have a problem with my ibookG4!!
I am relatively unfamiliar with operating system mechanics and only discovered the disc utility options because of reading similar issues amongst these threads!
I have been running fine until this week, when my clock reset itself to 1989 and now the mozilla firefox keeps freezing on me.
I ran disc utility verification.
it stated:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Illegal name
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking multi-linked files.
,0)
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
I tried to repair it (using the disc utility), but it stopped before the end. Initially i had a lot of "iTunes / widget user name" disagreements that were simply fixed. The "illegal name" line was in red... meaning that there lies the problem?
I have no idea what that could mean or how to remedy it.
Also, if the start up disc is inserted and i fix it from there... (now please excuse me for sounding dumb) will i lose any of my files from the hard drive (e.g final cut projects)?
Im just not experienced enough to know how to sort this out and its probably really simple!
Any ideas?
Cheers
monster x
(and thanks to cornelius for recommendation to here...)

You shouldn't lose anything with this procedure. 1st insert install disk and let it load. then restart and hold down the c key to run off disk. go through the couple of windows that the disk asks, like language, and you will see at the top of screen, disk utility. choose that and 1st repair permissions. After that then go to repair disk and repair until there are no more errors in red. may or may not need a couple of tries. If all is well then go to preference panel, open startup disk icon, and choose your hard drive as the start up disk, and restart.

Major Issues with installing 4tb internal. Really need advice please

In the process of a long needed upgrade to my 2010 Mac Pro Quad core 2.8 and have run into a serious headache that I really need advice on so I can get back to work. I've already spent 2 days dealing with all of this...
Just did a new SSD install and Migration which went fine but I'm also updating the rest of the internal drives. My main (non boot) drive was being upgraded from a Seagate Barracuda 3tb to a 4th Deskstar NAS (it was showing as compatible with my desktop, see links below). My 3tb ran fine for years but now due to it being heavily used I want to switch to a new drive and I can also use a bit more space.
The issue I'm running into is that initially on boot, my system was telling me it couldn't recognize the disk and it wasn't even showing up in Disk Utility. I had to purchase a SATA USB 3 kit to attach it as an external to get it to show which worked without problem. With the USB kit I was then able to partition it (GUID, Mac OS extended journaled) and format it properly. After reinserting the drive into my tower as an internal it failed to show again. After a few attempts of restarts and trying various bays it popped up but showed as a non formatted drive and I was told again that the system didn't recognise it. I was then given the option to initialise and was then actually able to then format and partition it though Disk Utility while it was installed as an internal.
Figured that was problem solved but when I went to check the drive and getting ready to transfer files over I noticed that Disk Utility was only allowing the First Aid and Partition options but not Erase, RAID, Restore which I'd never seen before. I then also noticed that none of the drive connection info was in the same format nor will it even provide drive bay info, connection info or read/write status (See screen shots). This is what I can't figure out and really need to clarify before I put full trust into using this drive.
Any info would be greatly appreciated...
Deskstar 4tb internal info which is installed in Bay 2
3tb Seagate which I trying to retire and transfer from.
Here are the weblinks to the Deskstar 4tb drive and the compatibility list but I support isn't allowing me to add direct links so add the www. before hand.
(Drive - eshop.macsales.com/item/HGST/0S03664/) (compatibility list - eshop.macsales.com/Descriptions/specs/Framework.cfm?page=macpromid2010.html).

What OSX version?
Disk Utility in later versions of ML and I think Mavericks have problems formatting with 4 TB internal drives.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1661024
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/112266/why-doesnt-my-mac-pro-see-my-new -4tb-sata-drive

Need advice about certification: do J2SE 1.4 or wait for 1.5 to go out?

I need advice here! I am studing for Java Programmer certification (310-035) and I know now that the certification does not have any expiration date, instead it's version based. So, if I get now a J2SE 1.4 certification, soon it will be outdated... I guess!
Does anyone know or have any ideia of WHEN java 1.5 sdk will be avaliable, and anyone can tell me how long it will take for a new 1.5 programmer certification be avaliable for general public?

Do both. 1.5 is far enough away that you do not want to wait for it.
And besides, 1.5 has enough new stuff in it that you'll want to recertify anyway.

Need advice on on a Mac Pro 1,1 Media Center

I currently have a 2009 Mac Mini running as my home media center, but I recently came by a FREE Mac Pro 1,1 and have decided to repurpose it as my media center so I can migrate my Mac Mini to my bedroom TV where it will live an easy life doing nothing but run Plex Home Theater, Netflix, and EyeTV. This machine falling into my lap was also quite timely because my 4-bay Drobo is running low on available expansion and another Drobo isn't in the budget at the moment.
This vintage mac pro is running Lion 10.7.5, has 1 old and crusty 500GB hardrive, dual x5160 processors, 4GB RAM (one stick i'm pretty sure is toast judging by the red light and the kernel panics), and the standard NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB graphics card. It will be used primarily for the following: network storage for iphoto and itunes libraries, streaming video, Plex Media Server & Plex Home Theater, and Handbrake encoding. I also have a goal of safety of data for my movies, photos and music as this machine will supplement my current Drobo storage.
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Here is where I need advice because I am not very familiar with RAID and the differences between hardware or software raid. Am I better off getting four drives of the same size and setting them up as RAID 5 (I think) using Apple's RAID utility or should I throw in three 1TB drives and then install a fourth 3TB or 4TB drive as a Time Machine backup for the other three?
Should I upgrade the OSX to the technically unsupported latest version? Or is it not worth the trouble for this application?
Also, is there any benefit to upgrading the graphics card to the ATI Radeon 5770? Would this yield an improved image quality? I am outputting to a Denon AV Reciever and subsequently to a 100" projection screen, if that makes a difference. I also noticed the 5770 has an HDMI port, wich would be nice, but not necessary since I can use a DVI converter and woud still need to use the optical audio out anyway.
Much obliged for any input

My plans are for a 128GB SSD boot drive installed in one of the PCIe slots and then to load up all 4 of the 3.5" drive bays with WD Green hard drives. I have also ordered 4GB of replacement RAM, so upon removal of the faulty unit I will have 7GB.
PCIe cards that use or support SSD are not bootable until you get to 2008 (and that is limited too).
Green are not suited for any form of array unless say NAS and WD RED. Better option would be 3 x 2TB WD Blacks in a mirror, and too many people only use two drives, well 3 is much easier safer and works better. Might want to invest in www.SoftRAID.com product even.
Best price and quality, got my 1,1 with 8 x 2GB (ideal is 4 or 8 DIMMs)
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $25
http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
With price of 250GB SSD $155 I'd go with that or stick with $89 for 128GB .

I've used an external drive for time machine which has important files on it. After trying to back up my computer, it suddenly needed to be "repaired" by utilities. Now it's not being "seen" at all! How do I recover my important files off the drive?

I've used an external drive for time machine which has important files on it. After trying to back up my computer, it suddenly needed to be "repaired" by utilities. Now it's not being "seen" at all! How do I recover my important files off the drive?

If the external drive can be seen at all in Disk Utility, follow the instructions for repair here.

Two HDDs saying 'disk needs to be repaired' at same time / external drive.

Hello there,
I have had a strange problem within the last couple of days. Both my iMac which I use at the office and my MacBook Pro have had problems writing to an external FW800 drive which I work directly off [the error comes when I try and save from an application / try and copy / rename files on the drive]. The message is that either a problem occurred or that the filename is too long [it isn't]. When this happens I try and restart, but the disk causes the finder to hang.
This has happened with both machines [the iMac and MBP], and as a consequence - when I run disk utility on each machine, I get a message that the disk needs to be repaired:
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Start up your computer with another disk (such as your Mac OS X installation disc), and then use Disk Utility to repair this disk.
Has anybody had similar problems? Is this a coincidence? Or would blame point to the external drive?
The drive is a Lacie Rugged 250gb FW / USB. It does get rather hot - don't know if that should affect anything.
Many thanks,
Ben

Could this problem in turn cause the internal HDD problems I've been experiencing with the iMac and the MBP after the Lacie becomes unresponsive?
Or, your internal HD problems are transferring to the Ext.?
It's hard to say. I would at least do the following basic repairs to all your hard drives.......
Try using Disk Utility to do a Disk Repair, as shown in this link, while booted up on your install disk.
You could have some directory corruption. Let us know what errors Disk Utility reports and if DU was able to repair them. Disk Utility's Disk Repair is not perfect and may not find or repair all directory issues. A stronger utility may be required to finish the job.
After that Repair Permissions.
No need to report Permissions errors....we all get them.
Think it might have to be returned...
Yes I would return it just cause of the heat issue alone.
Dale

How do i recover data from an external hard drive that was accidentally deleted? After I verified the drive, a message appeared that said my drive needed to be repaired. When I tried to access the drive again, the 700 Gigs of music is gone!

How do i recover data from an external hard drive that was accidentally deleted? After I verified the drive, a message appeared that said my drive needed to be repaired. When I tried to access the drive again, the 700 Gigs of music is gone!

Stop using the drive immediately, un plug it.
Buy a copy of ProSoft DataRescue 4 and use it to search for deleted files.

"Your PC needs to be repaired" Error: 0xc0000225 in Win 8.1 Enterprise

I just can't figure this one out.
I had Windows 8.1 Enterprise installed on a UEFI laptop with an after-market SSD. It co-existed with Linux on another partition, and I was able to use Linux's GRUB bootloader to load either of the OS's (or, I could select the Windows bootloader
in my UEFI settings).
Then, at some point, I started getting blue "Your PC needs to be repaired" screens when I tried to load Windows 8.1.
I've tried going through the boot-repair process from the Win 8.1 Ent DVD (and
also from the Win 8.1 Pro and Win 8.0 Pro, just in case... because Win 8.1 Ent DVD can't repair a Win 8.1 Pro installation,
and vice-versa.. and there's no way to tell which version you have on your DVD or on your PC just by examining the files).
What's strange is that I'm able to install another copy of Win 8.1 Ent to another partition on the drive, and the Windows bootloader detects two other "Windows 8.1"s that it offers
to boot from (so, 3 menu items total, counting the one I just installed), but trying to boot either of the other two just gives me the "Your PC needs to be repaired" 0xc0000225 error.
I can see the original Windows 8.1 partition and all of its files just fine. And the Windows bootloader on the EFI partition is good, or else I wouldn't be able to boot the new Windows install.
Any ideas? How can I figure out which files are missing on the old Windows 8.1 partition?

Here is the way I fixed that problem with one partition (not two like you have). That error is coming from HP and not windows. I believe the boot sector or whatever is supposed to be there was corrupted by Windows 10. Because I could press the
bios key and see bootload, efi, and windows files on the disk. but none of them worked.
I fixed this basically like this:
turn on safe mode in bios
change boot order to put USB up front
install Ubuntu from USB thus erasing Windows (If I had a Windows start disk I could have used Windows. But I found no way to do that from Ubuntu.)
Regarding HP bios, I learned that you press f8, f9, f10, or f11 when you power up the computer to get to the bio screens and escape from the vicious circle of the blue screen with the "your pc needs to be repaired error." You have to wait until
the blue screen goes to sleep again and repower the computer to switch to another option. None of those keys will work until you do that.
Also it appears that with the HP Envy Dv7 there is no way to get it to boot from SSD. So you have to install Windows on a HDD.

Why did so many permissions need to be repaired after Mavericks?

Here's my story regarding Repairng Permissions; its seems a repair is the only thing keeping my Mac running.
I've a Mac Book Pro 15" Spring 2011, been doing the upgrades etc ever since, but after Mavericks upgrade I was having issues never seen before with my Apple upgrades. In short after upgrade I was getting gray screen, blue screen etc. Random screen splits with horizontal lines.
Took many tries to reboot, safe reboot, clear pram, etc. I ran EtreCheck got rid of lots of things. I broke out disk and ran full hardware test - all good. I have reinstalled OS X, as well as done two clean reinstalls of everything. Even after that, I would still crash from time to time, with gray and blue screen either after re-awakening or simply opening iPhoto.
Nothing in panic or crash logs except this: 12/29/13 1:49:17.286 PM com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[294]: (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
Once I finally got in, I went to disk utiloity and ran verify permissions and saw many issues, then ran repair disk permissions. I wanted to keep the log of all the changes and went to print and save as PDF - it was over 521 pages of permissions fixed! I didn't bother saving that file, I wish I did now.
I've been runing about 2 days without blue, gray crash so I am hoping that fixed it - but if this was a plane, no way would I fly it.
My question: After the both reinstalls and clean installs, why would so many permissions need to be repaired?

For some reason, after I run repair permissions in Disk Utility, I can run it again, and the same problems are "corrected."
That's a waste of time.
Is Disk Utility actually doing anything?
Basically, nothing on second or subsequent runs when the function is used repeatedly.
It seems like every time I run repair permissions the same problems are present. Has this happened to anyone else?
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HT3275 I am using an external drive for backup. I am now getting a message that the drive needs a disk repair, but when I run disk repair it just seems to freeze.

I am using an external drive for back up. Yesterday the backup failed and I received a message that the external drive( a passport drive) needed a 'disk repair", when I ran disk repair nothing happened it seemed to freeze. Suggestions? should i simply erase the external drive and start over-my computer is fine.

Get a different drive for backup.
In the meantime, once you are backed up some drive safe, then you can attempt to repair the backup drive using the repair the directory link.

Yosemite won't install on my computer because the disk needs to be repaired. I verify, it indicates repair is needed but then the repair disk button can't be clicked. I tried to start in safe mode but it just froze.

I'm to install Yosemite but it tells me the disk need to be repaired. When I verify the repair disk button remains pale and in-clickable. I'm not sure which version of OS X I'm running but I do know I forgot to back up. Help me o-message board, you're my only hope!

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First of all, open the Apple menu -> About this Mac, and tell us what OS X version you have.
If it is 10.6.x, you need the Snow Leopard DVD. Insert it, press the C key while your Mac is starting up, choose your language and go to Utilities menu (in the menu bar) -> Disk Utility.
If it is 10.7.x or higher, hold down Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up to boot up in OS X Recovery, and open Disk Utility.
After opening Disk Utility, choose your OS X partition in the sidebar (it is usually named "Macintosh HD") and press "Repair Disk". When it has finished, restart your Mac, make a backup of your files and try upgrading to OS X Yosemite.
The backup will help you in case you decide to go back to the OS X version you are using now. If you cannot make a backup and the disk repair does not work, you will have to format the hard disk.

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