Thanks for the quick responses from all. My G4 is a 2002 dual 867mHz. The battery was replaced a year ago by someone who was helping me with my computer. I wasn't having any problems, he just thought that after 6 years it was good to replace the battery. But ... maybe I should try replacing the battery first. When I try to clic on an item on my desktop, it won't open, but I can go to Desktop from Finder and open the item from the list. I read up on possible issues when the battery is low or failing, and this sounded like it could be caused by the battery. It's good to hear that the power supply isn't too complicated. I can take things apart and put them back together. If it starts from the re-set button inside the computer, it sounds like it could either be the battery, the external switch (button) or the power supply. Is there an easy way to figure out which it might be, or should I just start with the easiest/cheapest solution? Any thoughts?
On Aug 27, 1:35 pm, Sam Macomber <[email protected]> wrote: > just taking parts out. takes a little time to snake the wires out and > put the new ones back in. Straight forward replacement though... > > A thought on the MDD power supplies though, I had a second one fail > Monday. Only two so far, but both were the last model MDDs made > (the 2003 single 1.25GHz non-FW800 ones) and both failed with in a > month of each other... Think the PS in those were cheaper than the > earlier ones of which we have several (a pair of dual 1.25GHz and a > dual 867MHz) none of the early machines power supplies have failed > at this point. > > -sam > (after the boss comes back from vacation you may see a late model > 1.25GHz MDD G4 for sale... just needs a PS hehe) > > > > > I've been told that the power supply probably needs replacing in my G4 > > MMD. Symptoms are: often, when trying to start up, nothing happens, > > and I have to press the re-set button inside the computer. I have > > been just putting the computer to sleep to avoid this. > > Question: How hard is it to replace the power supply? Is it just > > taking out the drives, and unscrewing and screwing things in, or does > > it require soldering? > > > Mira --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
