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<blockquote data-quote="mbasko" data-source="post: 354190" data-attributes="member: 4485"><p>I had a reasonably early GPX5000 & so did a mate of mine. Both of them had the PCB fail about 6 months apart & we both thought prior that they ran a little noisier than they should have. Only Minelabs service dept. could answer but maybe there was an issue with the PCB in the early models causing noise + some failures that has since been fixed/replaced? Edit: when I got it back from warranty repair it ran as smooth as! </p><p>Also over 8 years you would have to assume that there has been improvements to some of the electronic components & the firmware based on servicing/warranty repairs? Again only Minelab techs could reliably answer that.</p><p></p><p>IMO you are better off buying one with some factory warranty left or buying from a dealer with their warranty. That's not to say that there aren't any good out of warranty machines around just that for most of us it's a fairly big purchase for a hobby & having some piece of mind in case of an issue is good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mbasko, post: 354190, member: 4485"] I had a reasonably early GPX5000 & so did a mate of mine. Both of them had the PCB fail about 6 months apart & we both thought prior that they ran a little noisier than they should have. Only Minelabs service dept. could answer but maybe there was an issue with the PCB in the early models causing noise + some failures that has since been fixed/replaced? Edit: when I got it back from warranty repair it ran as smooth as! Also over 8 years you would have to assume that there has been improvements to some of the electronic components & the firmware based on servicing/warranty repairs? Again only Minelab techs could reliably answer that. IMO you are better off buying one with some factory warranty left or buying from a dealer with their warranty. That's not to say that there aren't any good out of warranty machines around just that for most of us it's a fairly big purchase for a hobby & having some piece of mind in case of an issue is good. [/QUOTE]
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