SMU error=3

Hello everybody,
My iMac G5 last version of PowerPC with iSight is stuck while booting. When I boot in verbose mode shows SMU error #3 and does not go any further. If that means replacing the same... Where is it and how? Any sugestion would be welcomed. I am new to it...
Thanks in advance
switcher and liking it.
PS I reset PRAM and SMU several times and logged in in target mode, used diskworier 4.1 to repair the drive to no avail.

Thanks EZ,
I reside in the black hole of new technology. No apple store, nothing locally . I am hard of hearing and can't communicate verbally over the phone. So this is my umbilical connection to the outside world.
I finally resolved the problem by fresh OS install after replacing my internal optical drive. I was not able to use external for some reason. Not even network boot or the other methods suggested in other chats. Someone told me that Apple machines like their factory APPLE drives, even if they are made in China. OH yes I read the tread you linked me to it to no avail.
Thanks again for your suggestion.
Switcher...

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