Since I haven't taken my beige's psu apart yet, but have taken dozens of pc psus apart, and they ALL had a fuse, I think it would be safe to assume that yours has one too.
As for the fact that this is your first time working on a mac, you shouldn't find it hard at all. The base components are the same between pc, mac and most other systems. Although, fuses don't just up and die for no reason. So if you opened your psu, and the fuse was blown, chances are if you replace it, it will just blow again, if not allow something else that's not functioning properly to possibly fail more, and potentially burn out other components. If you are comfortable working on PSU's, then this shouldn't be a challenge. Suggestion would be to get another PSU and test it in your machine. If you can't get another psu, take yours into an electronics repair shop, like a place that works on monitors or tv's/vcr's etc and see what they can do. But if you are absolutely sure that the psu is the problem, post something on the lem swap list, or check out ebay, or maybe your local apple store and just buy another one. my .02 -nils On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:19:45PM -0600 or thereabouts, J Sand wrote: > > > My daughter's G4/400 no longer powers on. Does anyone have any ideas? Are > there fuses in the power supply. I have worked on lots of PCs before, but > this would be the first on a mac. Any help would be appreciated as I > cannot afford to take it to someone else.. -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
