G5 has water leaking from it!!!

[SuperFreaky]

User brought me a G5 at work because it won't power on. I noticed there was some liquid, odorless, but a little greasy leaking out the back of it....

I've never heard of the a heat pipe bursting, but he swears there is no way anything was spilled on it.

pics coming as soon as I figure out how to get this monstrosity of a heat sink off...

Sorry, for the crappy pic, only have my phone:
aftermath

 

[Raduque]

Is it a dual? IIRC, the dual G5s are watercooled..... hopefully the "no power-on" is a safety feature in the event of a watercooling leak and not a pair of fried CPUs!

 

[Eug]

Warranty?

Cuz yeah, several G5 systems are liquid cooled.

 

[SuperFreaky]

it is under warranty... so I got apple to send a guy with some parts.

I can't get this stupid heatsink off! I found some instructions, but this pin is impossible to move.

 

[Eug]

This thread is useless without pix.

 

[halfadder]

There have been reports of leaking G5s. Apple is fixing them under warranty, and in many cases, even after warranty has expired.

 

[SuperFreaky]

So Apple is sending out a new motherboard/cpu/heatpipe and the strangest part a new case! The repair guy said I could keep the old case, so I'm pretty psyched about that!

 

[Blain]

Those are beautiful cases. :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: SuperFreaky
Sorry, for the crappy pic, only have my phone:
aftermath

Looks like the leaky radiator on my '55 Chevy.