My Reply follows quote. On 04/08/2003 17:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> I don't know the ans. to power supply question as I started out with a 6500, >> but I see that with the new motherboard, etc.your PC should be equivilant. I >> upgraded my 225 CPU to a Sonnet G3 400 & it operates just fine. I also added >> a card with 2 USB ports & 3 Firewire ports. My 6500 is very stable, no >> crashes & hardly ever any freezes. If you are as fond of your "now 6500" as >> I am, you will keep it! I have an extra power supply module in case mine >> ever goes bad, or the fan in it goes bad, but I don't know if there is room >> in your Performa for using the same power supply module as the original 6500 >> does. If so & you find you need it after adding the new CPU, I'd suggest >> posting for one on the lem List. That's how I got mine. If it is the tower >> model, I understand Apple used the same case for the Performa 6400 & the PM >> 6500s. I may buy a new Mac, but I will keep my 6500 anyway because it is >> such a great machine. I have a router system (which I also bought on lem) >> for my DSL modem so I can netwoork them together. >> Ginny > > >Hi all; > IIRC, all the Quadra 630 form factor Macs (636 through 6300) used the same >Power Supply, the exception being the 6360, which had a higher output Power >Supply. Also IIRC, the 6360,6400 and 6500 used the same Power Supply. So in >answer to the 6500 MOBO in the 638. Yes, the 638 Power Supply will run the >6500 MOBO, but I wouldn't push it to hard. I know for a fact the 6360 Power >Supply will fit the 638 case so the 64xx,65xx Power Supply should fit also. > Someone will correct me if I'm wrong on this. HTH ---------- Hmmm. Well, having taken apart 6360s, 6400s, 6500s, 6300s, 6200s, and 630s, I don't think the power supplies for the "mini-towers" are anything like the 630 type cases. It would take some judicious use of a hammer to get the 6400/6500 power supplies into a 630 type case.
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