I fired up an old iMac tonight, I think a 2006 era version. It loaded updates, asked to issued installing updates and stared booting and made. Loud "POP" sound and shut off. Nothing doing now. It's dead. Suggestions? I doubt it's worth putting much money or effort into it.

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Any bad smell?
Sounds like a power supply capacitor may have blown.
Don't mess with it - too dangerous. If it were mine, I'd sell it on ebay for parts, with full disclosure regarding the nature of its death. (Actually, I'd probably keep it in my closet with 10 or so other non-working legacy Macs).

Yup - ps cap's blown. do you like to solder?

Open it up and look for blown caps. Likely in the power supply section. They're often obvious. If there's more than one of the same type, replace them all.

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if you solder, wear safety glasses. More caps can pop when you go with heat near them.

11 years old? I'd remove hard drive and call it a day.

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That old man - he don't think like no old man...
Now I wouldn't want to be within 400 - 500 yards of one of them nuclear bombs when it goes off! WW1 Vet Old Man
"He's pinned under an outcropping of rock. Lucky for him, the rock kept the dirt from burying him alive."
If idiots could fly, this place would be an airport. And I'd be a TSA agent.
A bonified member of The Mystic Knights of The Sea, George P. Stevens, President. Andy Brown, Treasurer, Algonquin J. Calhoun, Legal Consultant.

just fired up an 11 year old PowerBook G4/1.67 17" (Al) last night. Safari 4 was acting wonky so I downloaded TenFourFox browser. A wee bit slow on some sites. But still workable. Hope it has some life left. Tiger OS starts up SUPER FAST

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11 years old? I'd remove hard drive and call it a day.

My 16 yr old Imac resents that remark!

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Hurts like a bastid...

I think I'll use it for target practice.

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Tonight I decided to let my iMac g5 to forever rest. It couldn't see the boot drive anymore.

My in-laws are still using the white plastic 20", 2011 iMac I bought for them nearly 6 years ago.

Runs 10.6.8, can also run Lion.

It replaced a 2nd generation eMac. (no "capacitor plague")

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11 years old? I'd remove hard drive and call it a day.