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so i’ve recently been given a Mid 2010 27” iMac that wasn’t powering on. Initially i thought i must most probably be the Power supply that had croaked it and needed to be replaced because when i plug in the power the diagnostic LED 1 flashes once then once again but not as bright that second time, as if it was loosing power. No other LEDs are lit. I have replaced the PSU with a known working unit but still getting the same thing. im hoping its not the logic board that has an issue or a short on it, is there any chance it would be the jack/EMI unit where the power goes into the imac?
You have a short within the logic board and/or the MXM video board. My money is on the video board! Do you have the correct one to test things? Otherwise its following the power rails with a DVM and a set of schematics and boardview drawings.
