[X4U] Need Power supply for Dual G4

Linda xpressobean at mac.com
Sat Oct 4 03:28:01 PDT 2008


On 10/3/08 10:19 PM, Ed Gould wrote:

> I popped out the old one and put the new one in reconnected 1 or 2
> cables and powered it back up. All in less that 15 minutes. Ever
> since then I was never afraid to touch the "workings" inside a PC.
> Mac on the other hand, I have a friend who did a CPU upgrade and it
> went OK but failed after 6 or so months. I have looked inside a bit
> on my G5 and would be afraid to touch anything.

Yeah, there are a lot of things we do inside our Macs -- we are pretty
fearless -- but this was outside her comfort level given the possibility of
electric shock. Kbase articles like this one (which isn't for HER exact
computer) <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=95064> convinced
her to go to the shop. Something about seeing the word DANGER! in red on the
page.

~Linda




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