You can actually get cheap power supplies from CompUSA. I got an Ultra 500 watt supply for a gaming PC (sorry I'm not paying $1200 for an iMac with an old GPU) and it has lasted 1 year and it is still going good. On Feb 19, 2011, at 7:53 PM, Brielle wrote:
> Hello All, > > I'm actually a member of the LEM list, but I figured this would be a > more appropriate place to post on given its about the G4 series. > > I've been working on my skills with soldering, rewiring, etc and have > made really good progress with retrofitting the G4 MDD macs with ATX > power supplies. I know that there was someone who was making adapter > kits a while back, but he stopped doing it for one reason or another. > > So, my question is, if I started offering a kit/adapter for the MDD > and other mac models, would anyone be interested? Its fairly trivial > for me to do, and I could do something where if you sent me the wire > loom from your dead power supply and let me know length, amount of > hard drive power cables, etc, I'd be willing to build custom kits on > request. If I could find a source for the proper molex connectors to > plug into the G4 mobo, it would be even easier to build the kits. > > In the end, it would probably be 20-40 bucks total per kit, versus > 100+ for a new power supply. > > I'm a big fan of the classic mac and power mac series, so bringing > these machines back to life is a hobby of mine, and it just doesn't > seem right not to offer my skills to help the mac community as a > whole. > > Brielle -- 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
