From: Space Wombat #3 on

> > >> the same story as a few weeks ago - my 2004 G5 iMac 1.8 20" has a dead
> > >> graphics card - a Nvida one.
> > >> The net seems awash with advice - some that a repair means replacing
> > >> the mother/midi board as well.... does this sound correct?
>
> > > Yep, it's all one big board, graphics chip is upper left in this pic
> > > <http://twitpic.com/26zldc>
> > > soldered to the board. It along with the G5 chip sit under the big
> > > silver G5 heatsink, so it all gets repaired/replaced together.
> > I'm sure when mine was replaced they referred to it as the
> > "mid-plane/midplane".


Sigh, anybody know of a refurb company that sells cheap G5's?

Woe