>>> >> Give it to a friend who knows a lot about electronics and hope he can fix it! >> >> I just wanted to report back: he fixed it! >> >> A fuse was blown, possible due to a peek of overvoltage. Anyway, he used his >> very expensive multimeter and found out what was wrong, ordered the parts, >> replaced them, and I then put it back into my Power Mac alloy case. >> >> I had the system board connected, just in case the PSU would blow up again if >> there were no load on it. I heard the “click” again, which hadn't worked >> before, so I was hoping for the best, but still fearing the worst. So I >> continued to put all back to it's place, all the fans, air flow deviders and >> the processor with its huge heat sink. >> >> I cannot tell you how reliefed and happy I was as I heard the chime after >> turning it on again. As there was no hard drive installed yet I went straight >> into Open Firmware and saw the picture of black text on a bright white >> background on the screen – so everything seemed okay, from system board with >> memory and processor down to the video card! >> >> It's now running Mac OS X 10.5.8 again as well as my favorite Linux of them >> all: Gentoo, in its all 64-bit flavor! I love it: 16 GB of RAM!!!! >> >> Anyway, all expenses were the parts plus shipping for about <15.00 €uro. Much >> better than an also used PSU for around $200.00 or so, excluding shipping >> costs! >> >> >> Thanks to you all for your help! >> A happy Mac User #330250 aka Andreas… > > > Thanks for your update, I too have a PM G5 and did not know they have any > fuses, I'm sure going to find it in cae I have the same problem some day.
Most likely the "other" components were capacitors. Readily available. Uses lead free solder. But have a high degree of difficulty. It does give me high hope of fixing two logic boards and two power supplies I've been pondering over. R/ Deaner -- 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
