Thank you both. I'm going to go by the u of m property disposition monday and see what they have there in used power macs and power supplies. I'll let you know how I make out. Tks again, el.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Donald Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Dec 6, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > On Dec 6, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Elbert Boone wrote: > >> Pushed my computer desk against the wall and caused my power plug to > >> short and blew out a capacitor on my mother board so that I couldn't > >> get booted. Replaced motherboard now no boing. Fans come on, red led > >> on motherboard, and drives spin but no go. Need helpful info and//or > >> g4 da power supply. any out there available,tks, el. > > > > Sounds like you need a new power supply. They're expensive. There are > > ways to use a standard PC ATX Power Supply in G4 PowerMacs. These PC > > power supplies are plentiful and cheap. Computer Geeks has many > > available for $12-25. Here are some instructions for the DA model: > > > > <http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=261623> > > > I'm not sure whether you're looking at a bad power supply or a bad > processor, or something else. Could you go into more detail about how > the plug shorted out? Is there any physical damage to the power supply? > > Before you go on replacing parts, you should consider what may have > been damaged and how much it would cost to replace them all. You may > find that it would be cheaper to buy a full working system, use its > parts to test your own, and sell whatever you can verify works. A > Digital Audio system is pretty cheap these days, you might even find > it feasible to pick up something newer. I see Dual 1Ghz Quicksilvers > sell on ebay for under $200 shipped pretty often. > > It is possible that the power supply had a surge of power which ran > through the low voltage lines causing the capacitor to blow. It is > also possible that this surge was 120v AC, in which case it may have > been enough power to damage the CPU, video card, RAM, ect, depending > on which line(s) it traveled through and how far it got before being > stopped. If just one other damaged device is connected it could be > holding up the power on self test. > > Since your power supply does seem to power on, it may not be faulty. > If you have a voltmeter or are willing to pick up a cheap one, you > could check the voltages to see if all are being provided. It is > possible that just one voltage line is damaged. > > Anyway, I run the ATXG4 website mentioned at the bottom of Kris's > link. If you were to buy an adapter and it doesn't help in your > situation, you can contact me to return it. I'll only charge you for > shipping. > > I would like to note though, the power supplies offered by Computer > Geeks are... crap. If you chose to go with one of them, you should > expect problems with putting your system to sleep. My favorite power > supply for use in G4s is the Thermaltake TR2 430w which can be found > for as low as $20 shipped (after rebate). > > -Donald Hall > http://atxg4.com > > > > -- May God richly bless you my beloved. " J. Vernon McGee". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
