I bought a used dual-1.25 MDD about a year-and-a-half ago from a
college in Washington state, and it arrived with a dead PSU. After
checking prices for replacement PSUs (from $150-$500, at the time), I
did a lot of googling and reading about the situation. Among other
things, I learned that the
I have a pair of Dual 1.25 MHz MDD G4's which have been my graphics
workhorses since I bought them new. Recently the power supplies
failed on them both within a few days of each other. I removed the
power supplies and was surprised to find that the power supply in the
first computer I
At 1:22 PM -0400 10/7/2010, James Morgan wrote:
I have a pair of Dual 1.25 MHz MDD G4's which have been my graphics
workhorses since I bought them new. Recently the power supplies
failed on them both within a few days of each other.
Were the Macs purchased and put into service at the same
I bought one MDD G4, found I needed a second one, bought the second
one a couple or three months later. Thereafter I used them both, side
by side, rather heavily. So both received virtually the same use and
they are almost the same age.
I put in new battery backups to address the
James Morgan wrote:
I bought one MDD G4, found I needed a second one, bought the
second one a couple or three months later. Thereafter I used them
both, side by side, rather heavily. So both received virtually the
same use and they are almost the same age.
I put in new battery
On 2010/10/07 12:11, Dan wrote:
Unless the repair is very simple and inexpensive, I'd just replace 'em.
Can MDD PSUs be replaced with a common ATX PSU with nothing more than a
connector swap, or do they have a specialized output like the G3 iMacs
did to power the sound?
Tina
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