> ... Sometimes I've found that a perfectly sound, sweet-running Mac > will go absolutely dead after sitting for a period of weeks or months, > especially if it's been stored in an unheated room or storage place, > such as a garage. Every time, the battery still had more than 3 > volts ... but the power supply is a goner. I've taken apart a few and > could find nothing obviously wrong, other than some "tin whiskers." > Removing as many as I could once or twice, I fergit, revived the PS. > My theory is that humidity does stuff to the innards of power supplies > that renders them dead the first time AC juice is poured back into 'em.
This may answer my question about my dead Gigabit power supplies. I should open them up and clean them, and see if that helps. Nothing to lose... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
