> 1. Purchase a Antec 430 Watt Power Supply, about $50.00 > 2. Purchase from Donald Hall, http://atxg4.com/ about $13.00
Generic PSUs, the as the referenced Antec, have #6-32 UNC fasteners, whereas Macs have M3.5-0.6 fasteners. Either replace all PSU fasteners with #6-32 UNC fasteners of the same type and length, or permanently convert your new PSU to accept M3.5-0.6 fasteners by carefully reforming the #6 thread to M3.5 thread by running a M3.5-0.6 tap through each attachment point. An M3.5-0.6 tap may also be used to clean-up any instances of PCI card mounting holes which have been buggered-up by inadvertently installing PCI cards using #6-32 UNC screws. The only non-metric threads on a Mac are those which are used to retain the HDs, and those are #6-32 UNC because that is the way Seagate originally designed them, and Apple had to follow suite even though it made the entire remainder of the Mac all-metric with its introductory model in 1984. -- 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
