i think you can get the power supply under warranty, even as a customer installable part. of course you do have to convince apple the old one is bad. one thing, if you monitor the power supply, monitor the dc volts for awhile, but also monitor the ac volts as this will show ripple and instability. then again there is also a small switching supply on the processor card, it might be worth starting up with the case open and seeing if you can localize the noise. a stethoscope or just a piece of plastic tubing can be useful for tracking the odd sound down. i know apple has had some power supply problems in the past, my g4 i got last year needed a power supply because it whined (which they should have been aware of at the factory unless it was just too noisy there to notice, in which case they should do their testing in a more quit place since sound is one of the best indicators sometimes), they replaced it with no problem and my machine instantly became more quiet (and i was silly enough to take it into the shop not realizing they'd let me replace it, silly because the closest shop is 4 1/2 hours away and i was silly enough to think they'd have one on hand, so i got to drive back down a week later to get my machine back).
Kyle Hansen wrote: > > Philip Stortz wrote: ------------- > Yah. Mac Test Pro comes up clean. Hardware test is clean. All the > utilities that I use to shoot customers Mac's give it a clean bill of > health. I Am thinking PS too. I just can't prove it. I would really > rather prove it during a service call to Apple so that I don't have to > order the PS out of my own pocket. I am an authorized Tech and Reseller, > so I could just order the part, but I don't want to pay for it since it is > still under warranty. > > I tried replacing the video card, and I have used 3 different HD's in the > machine. Same symptoms. This is beginning to piss me off. Usually I can > find the answer/problem in a matter of minutes, but this has been going on > for a month. Aaarrgh. -- Philip Stortz, mad scientist at large. --Every 13 seconds an American gun owner uses a firearm in defense against a criminal. gun ownership deters crime, it doesn't increase it. gun control increases crime and cost lives. <http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/framedex.html> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
