[G4] Power Supply Problem

[Valerie Maples]

The person I sent ti to took care of the replacement.  Sorry I no longer
have the info as the computer has been replaced.  I think it might have been
a Lifetime Memory chip, 512  DIMM, I think 133 speed.

Sorry I don't remember more...
Valerie



On 2/7/05 8:37 AM, "Jerry Seay" <jjseay at hal-pc.org> wrote:

> Please list the brand and types of memory that caused your problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry S.
> 
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> [mailto:g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com]On Behalf Of Valerie
> Maples
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:46 AM
> To: A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers.
> Subject: Re: [G4] Power Supply Problem
> 
> 
> I burned out 2 motherboards on a Quicksilver due to faulty RAM which we did
> not figure out until after Apple swapped us for a new G5; shucks!  ;-)
> 
> Check any non- Apple RAM; it has been known to be problematic.
> 
> 
> Valerie Maples
> 
> Macintosh Dual 2 GHz Power PC G5
> 1 GB DDR SDRAM
> 160 GB HD
> System OS X 10.3.7
> 
> On 2/6/05 12:36 PM, "Paul Frye" <paulfrye at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Based on your analysis it points straight back to the motherboard.  These
>> are typically very reliable machines.  I would suggest swapping out the
>> motherboard one more time.  Hopefully you got a warranty on it.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> On 2/6/05 7:17 AM, "Joel Threatt" <jthreatt at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a Quick Silver '02  dual 1gig, currently at 867 due to a dead
>>> processor. I recently had some issues with the drives not spinning up.
>>> My constant on/off/pram resets pretty much finished the logic board as
>>> well. First I sent the PS to a Mac repairer for the "free" diagnoses. I
>>> was told the PS was fine so then I sent in the logic board and after
>>> calling them they said the board was dead and it couldn't be repaired.
>>> OK so of course they could replace the board so I did that. A few days
>>> later I reassembled my QS and it booted and ran fine, much to my
>>> relief. After about 5-6 hrs the drives again spun down. Being careful
>>> only to do ONE pram reset I proceeded to change cables, change drives,
>>> try one at a time. nothing worked. All those drives spun up fine in my
>>> one firewire enclosure. A check of the voltages at the plugs showed
>>> 4.75v and 9.6v respectively. I tried this with drives connected and
>>> disconnected. Curiously enough my internal CDRW runs fine while my hard
>>> drives will not spin at all when connected to the PS. Although they
>>> work fine in the Firewire. I own a lot of Macs starting with a Color
>>> Classic II and had no problems like this occur. This is my first G4 and
>>> all this trouble is driving me back towards a PC.   Oh I also checked
>>> the battery and it was at 1.2v so it got replaced first thing. Has this
>>> happened to anyone else? I figure I am looking at a new PS. Or could
>>> the new board have failed like the original? Your thoughts will be
>>> greatly appreciated
>>> 
>>> Joel
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