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djackmac let me tell you the convo between my genius and his manager (as they were comparing the inside of my computer as well as the computer screen that i can only guess was showing the breakdown and quote of the work needing to be done) was something like "well forget that labor charge...

So I thought I would update this post. Since my success is largely because of this site, this post and you so very helpful and knowledgeable people here. After the advice given here, I did indeed do some more research on Apple repairs, replacements etc on this problem with this model Mac...

hm, interesting. no puddles BUT there is all kinds of rust and corrosion inside under the cover... is there such thing as a slow leak? Sorry for so many questions, ive just never heard of this before...

so my husband just informed me that there is rust inside of the tower, could it be that we do have a liquid based coolant? and that it does have the dreaded coolant leak??

hm, now there is a question i dont know the answer too. if it is liquid cooled or not. Its one of the first G5s that came out (its a quad, pre intel) and its 5.5 years old. I dont *think* its liquid cooled (were they even doing them that long ago) And of course the warranty is not loner valid...

My G5 at home has for the last few weeks not been running correctly. I assumed it was the HD (again) So new HD in hand, we replaced it, alas nothing. We can barely get it to boot. And this "water" noise is still being heard, the fans kick on in over drive. Could we have been mistaken. What...