Wow, that was exciting. I was sitting at my computer and I
heard a crackling noise. It sounded like a piece of
cellophane had gotten stuck on a fan. I looked at the fan
and nothing was there. Then I realized it was coming from my
G5. I stood up and looked over my monitor, and saw flames at
the bottom of my G5 where the power supply unit is. They
were contained within the housing but I could see it through
the little holes. I blew out the flames and unplugged
everything from the unit.

It was 5 months out of the Applecare warranty. So I had to
pony up $300 to get it repaired, since there is no other
known issue. It's a good thing I was working on it at the
time. Imagine if it had been left on while everyone was
sleeping. The Apple repairman said it's working fine now
but of course they won't let me have the defective part
back. I told them since I paid for it out of my own pocket,
then I should get it back but the fine print in the repair
contract says the part has to go back to Apple for "analysis."

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