Imac SEEMS DEAD????

Had the same thing happen to my year and a half old iMac. Tried to turn it on one night and the only thing that worked were the fans. My daughter had given it to me as a gift and we didn't think about getting the extended warranty on it. Big mistake. Took it to Best Buy Geek Squad but they didn't have a clue. Paid for the analysis and to send it to Apple for repair. Also bought a 250 Gig Passport for the Geeks to retrieve documents and photos before sending it off. Cost around $200 for everything. About a week later Apple called to give me an estimate for repair. The mother board was fried and to install a new one would be $1800+! Needless to say, I could buy another iMac for about that amount! They thought possibly lightning had gone through one or more of the power sources. Either the cable wiring or the electrical (AC) wiring. I bought a new one WITH the longest warranty I could get. I love Macs but they are certainly not long lasting considering the price.
P.S. The iMac I had before my daughter bought me one, got about 50+ vertical lines running all the way across the 17" monitor. The one I had before that was a little, fat iMac that was a monitor with the computer guts enclosed with see-through back. The monitor slowly went black on that one. Had the same thing happen to my year and a half old iMac. Tried to turn it on one night and the only thing that worked were the fans. My daughter had given it to me as a gift and we didn't think about getting the extended warranty on it. Big mistake. Took it to Best Buy Geek Squad but they didn't have a clue. Paid for the analysis and to send it to Apple for repair. Also bought a 250 Gig Passport for the Geeks to retrieve documents and photos before sending it off. Cost around $200 for everything. About a week later Apple called to give me an estimate for repair. The mother board was fried and to install a new one would be $1800+! Needless to say, I could buy another iMac for about that amount! They thought possibly lightning had gone through one or more of the power sources. Either the cable wiring or the electrical (AC) wiring. I bought a new one WITH the longest warranty I could get. I love Macs but they are certainly not long lasting considering the price. P.S. The iMac I had before my daughter bought me one, got about 50+ vertical lines running all the way across the 17" monitor. The one I had before that was a little, fat iMac that was a monitor with the computer guts enclosed with see-through back. The monitor slowly went black on that one.

Had the same thing happen to my year and a half old iMac. Tried to turn it on one night and the only thing that worked were the fans. My daughter had given it to me as a gift and we didn't think about getting the extended warranty on it. Big mistake. Took it to Best Buy Geek Squad but they didn't have a clue. Paid for the analysis and to send it to Apple for repair. Also bought a 250 Gig Passport for the Geeks to retrieve documents and photos before sending it off. Cost around $200 for everything. About a week later Apple called to give me an estimate for repair. The mother board was fried and to install a new one would be $1800+! Needless to say, I could buy another iMac for about that amount! They thought possibly lightning had gone through one or more of the power sources. Either the cable wiring or the electrical (AC) wiring. I bought a new one WITH the longest warranty I could get. I love Macs but they are certainly not long lasting considering the price. P.S. The iMac I had before my daughter bought me one, got about 50+ vertical lines running all the way across the 17" monitor. The one I had before that was a little, fat iMac that was a monitor with the computer guts enclosed with see-through back. The monitor slowly went black on that one. Had the same thing happen to my year and a half old iMac. Tried to turn it on one night and the only thing that worked were the fans. My daughter had given it to me as a gift and we didn't think about getting the extended warranty on it. Big mistake. Took it to Best Buy Geek Squad but they didn't have a clue. Paid for the analysis and to send it to Apple for repair. Also bought a 250 Gig Passport for the Geeks to retrieve documents and photos before sending it off. Cost around $200 for everything. About a week later Apple called to give me an estimate for repair. The mother board was fried and to install a new one would be $1800+! Needless to say, I could buy another iMac for about that amount! They thought possibly lightning had gone through one or more of the power sources. Either the cable wiring or the electrical (AC) wiring. I bought a new one WITH the longest warranty I could get. I love Macs but they are certainly not long lasting considering the price. P.S. The iMac I had before my daughter bought me one, got about 50+ vertical lines running all the way across the 17" monitor. The one I had before that was a little, fat iMac that was a monitor with the computer guts enclosed with see-through back. The monitor slowly went black on that one.