on 10/1/02 10:59 PM, William Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a SuperMac S900i about 6-7 yrs old now. > > I have a multitude of occurences. Starting up > requires several restarts before the desk top appears. > Mouse freezes are the rule rather than the exception. > My second HD starts up when starting cold but gives > out after 6hrs or so. I have stripped the HD of > everything but what I need to operate. > > I have a G3 processor. The HD is larger than the > original-there is a second HD for storage-a new 250 > Zip, Plexwriter and I haven't even hooked up my > scanner and VCR yet. > > The powersupply is 250 watts. I has been suggested to > me that with all the new stuff it may not be enough. > If this is so What kind of supply should I be looking > at and where do you find them? Are they easy to > change? Bill Smith > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com
sounds like an over heating problem., at the fornt of the umax case directly below the mic & head phones socket, under that area is the main air intake for the umax, check it ain't full of dust bunnies. power the system down, then on the psu where ite air goes in, slots in the metal case, check they are clear, if not use a tooth brush. my umax is about the same age, but it is fully loaded. 2cd drives 3 or 4 18gb hard drives, 640mb optical drive floppy drive adaptec scis card fire wirecard extra network card ati 7000 graphics card usb card graphics capture card. been like that for about 1 year. i did blow the psu about 2 days ago, but it was down to incorrectly rated components in the psu. ( changed 1 resistor and it was as good as new) they use carbon film resistors .25 w (cheap), when they should use .5w or .75w, but hay 6 years aint bad. anyway to finish off, on the inside of your 900 behind the mic/phones socket, is a place for an extra fan, just stick one in ( it clips in place) i did it about a week ago, cos im in china and the background temp is about 30 deg c. steve -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
