Hi Everyone, It turns out that my G4 MDD built-in speaker was blown.
I'm not sure what caused it, as I don't listen to loud, heavy-metal band music. (Apologies to all you heavy-metal fans out there...smile) Here is the posting I put on the Apple Discussions Site if you're interested in how it got fixed...or encounter the same problem yourself. Topic: Sound - built-in speaker blown out Original Message ( Posted Jul 23, 04 11:34 am )?New! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 727 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040723/f5de5e4f/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: rep_0.gif Type: image/gif Size: 208 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040723/f5de5e4f/attachment.gif -------------- next part -------------- J. Blake -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 145 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040723/f5de5e4f/attachment-0001.bin -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: nocustomicon.gif Type: image/gif Size: 886 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040723/f5de5e4f/attachment-0001.gif -------------- next part -------------- Joined: Jul, 2004 Posts: 2 I had a problem with the built-in speaker on my G4 MDD. I hadn't played any loud music on it, etc. but after making a funny noise, the sound could hardly be heard at all. And, what I could hear was faint and tinny. I checked all the software I could think of that had sound controls, but found nothing that could be causing it. That's when I realized the built-in speaker was blown. I researched Apple's knowledge base and discussions and found nothing specific about this particular problem and nothing in their parts replacement page for the G4 MDD. (Perhaps the info was there and I just missed it.) Anyway, I opened up the case and copied down the part number ZH736 (or 2H736, it was hard to tell) from the speaker module. Then I researched third parties on the Internet and found one neat company called http://www.welovemacs.com/ They ordered the part for me ($86 total), which I suspect they got from Apple. Also, probably I could have bought it from Apple directly and maybe saved money if I had called their customer service department. The part arrived (I wanted a new part, by the way, not a pull.), and I installed it guided by instructions found for other parts on this page on the Apple Web site http://www.info.apple.com/usen/cip/index.html Hope this helps anyone who might encounter the same problem. Jane On Jul 6, 2004, at 12:58 PM, J. Blake wrote: > Hi All, > > My Mac G4, Silverdoors, 1.25 MHz gave a funny noise, and now the sound > doesn't work. The machine gives out a barely audible, tinny noise > instead. > > All the sound controls say sound should be coming out properly, and I > don't have Mute clicked either. > > I've reinstalled Panther and rebooted. Still no change. > > Any ideas? > > TIA > > Jane Blake > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2049 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040723/f5de5e4f/attachment-0002.bin
