[G4] power supply upgrade

[Les Berkley]

Whoa!

I suspect the guy was wrong--Apple power supplies are pretty robust IMO.
Besides, if you pulled too many amps, the rail fuse would blow. I would
_definitely_ not 'splice in' a PC (ATX) supply, especially since you do NOT
appear to understand what is involved. I expect there are upgrade supplies
made to fit the G4, but I doubt this is your problem. Where did you buy the
upgrade processor?

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> bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Charles Robles
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 8:08 PM
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> Subject: [G4] power supply upgrade
> 
> Hi guys, I am new here but i think i might be in the right place. I
> recently purchased a mercury extreme 1.5 GHz processor upgrade for my
> g4 originally 400MHz machine. I also previously installed an extra
> hard drive and ati 9000 pro video card. The previous processor
> upgrade was 800Mhz. Well, the new processor did not work- no startup
> chime and no picture so i put back the old processor and everything
> works fine. I received a replacement and got the same results so i
> spoke to a tech guy where I bought it and he suggested that I am
> probably right over the line powerwise. I suspect that he might be
> right. He suggested I can get more power by buying a pc power supply
> and just splice some wires and such to install it. I don't know the
> details yet. I guess my question is do you think the tech guy is
> correct as I suspect he is and what kind of pc alien part should fit
> into the space and how big volt wise would be too much for my g4 or
> should I just forget the whole thing?
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