I just confirmed that two of my G4 Gigabits have failed power supplies. I made sure that the CPU cards were bolted down properly, so that there was no grounding failure, and I tried the suspect PS's in a working Gigabit.
One of them works if it's kept plugged in for a while before turning on the machine. The other one simply won't start the machine at all. >From what I've read, it's not really safe for me to try to fix them myself unless I'm experienced. I called a local Apple authorized store for laughs, and their repair quote did make me laugh. For their price, I could buy a decent G5. Is there any source for inexpensive replacements? The last time I checked eBay, the prices were not encouraging. I know that there's a way to convert a generic PC PS to do the job, but I think it will be too time consuming. (I imagine various little time-wasting fussy things even just to get it to fit it in place, for instance. I realize that some of you love this kind of challenge, but I've had too many of them, and have other things that need to get done, including fixing a Pismo.) I'm just hoping to find a place that will fix it or can sell me a reasonably-priced replacement that I can install easily, plug it in, and have it work. Or find a Gigabit with a working PS and something else wrong with it, so I can mix and match. I'm looking at the Swap List, too, but I'm hoping that someone knows of something else, because I might not find anything there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
