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    Picked this up today - has liquid in it? how to take apart?

    I googled the model # and am linking to a pic of the item on ebay so you can see what it is. I hear liquid in it, dont know what kind? how do you scrap these? thanks for any help.



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    If it's a water cooled duel core, you don't. If you don't have the ability to test it yourself, take it to a small computer store and see if they will do it for you.

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    this page seems to have a boatload of info on these units

    http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/G....html#storytop

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    They do have some kind of coolant in them so be carefull taking them apart. If it's aluminum with copper tubes going through it you should get aluminum/copper raidiator price for them. The link you post keeps bringing me to a yahoo bage so I didn't see the pic. of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    I googled the model # and am linking to a pic of the item on ebay so you can see what it is. I hear liquid in it, dont know what kind? how do you scrap these? thanks for any help.
    WOW, You might want to rethink your plans for this as it has some really good value as a working unit. A liquid cooled quad core should be 200-300 used.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    WOW, You might want to rethink your plans for this as it has some really good value as a working unit. A liquid cooled quad core should be 200-300 used.
    exactly, either that or $5 per in scrap value....get them tested before you do anything

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    I looked at it closer and on the boards there are little square thingy's that are yellow colored. There are two of them missing so thats probably not good right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    I looked at it closer and on the boards there are little square thingy's that are yellow colored. There are two of them missing so thats probably not good right?
    If you look at some motherboards you will see spots where there should be components but on certain models they leave them off.
    When I did radio repair the factory might use one or two boards to build 10 different models of radios. They would add or subtract parts as needed for the different options. The only thing you might want to check for is look at those can caps and see if any are bulged or leaking, if not I'd power it up.

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    lol, I have no clue how to do that! I will have to do what TheDude suggested and find someone to check it out for me.

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    Unless it is blown up, there is definitely better than scrap value in a liquid cooled quad-core tower. Especially when it's an Apple product. Be very sure it's not working before you dismantle, or you could be shooting yourself in the foot.

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    Definitely have someone look at that before you dismantle it! You could get more money for it if it is in working condition or if it has easy repairs. If you do want to dismantle it, I would still get that tubing checked out. I am almost positive that there is coolant of some sorts in there. Hope this helped!

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    Quote Originally Posted by newattitude View Post
    I looked at it closer and on the boards there are little square thingy's that are yellow colored. There are two of them missing so thats probably not good right?
    Its a Tanti capactor. In a G5 there should be about 25grams of them.

    I have scrapped a few of them in one go, I got it cheap from a dealer. Good return, though I don't know much about computers.


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