Had it been "acting strange" long before the fire e.g. fan
noise or suddenly stopping, starting, problems booting or
freezing?

Just wondering.

N

On 7/23/09, Jean Bullock wrote:
> 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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