[G4] power supply upgrade

[Thomas Brooks]

Probably not nearly as simple as he makes it seem. Check here for 
information on issues with replacing one power supply with another.

<http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/MDD_ps_mods/MDD_PS_Mods.html>

My G4 Sawtooth with 1.2 GHz upgrade, 2 hard disks 80gb & 160gb, ati 
8500 video card running just fine with original power supply.

My only bad experience was when I originally installed a faulty OWC 
upgrade card everything crashed and I was out of business for two 
weeks. When I returned original for a PowerLogix processor it was truly 
plug and play.


Tom

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On Nov 12, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Charles Robles wrote:

> 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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