[G4] Power supply woes

David DelMonte ddelmonte at mac.com
Sat Oct 15 11:16:53 PDT 2005


macresq.com may also have the power supply in stock. As an aside, I  
had a tough time with this machine and traded up at powermax.com.


David


On Oct 15, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Frank Sudore wrote:

> Jim,
> I do know that the Power Supply is 199.99 from Mac-Resource.com
> On Oct 11, 2005, at 10:24 AM, jim carbone wrote:
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a PowerMac G4 Mirror Dive Door 2003 (Dual 1.25) that  
>> completely shut down on me this weekend--no power, no fan, no  
>> nothing. I traced the problem back to the power supply, removed it  
>> and opened it up to find that the fuse is completely burnt.
>>
>> Having never had to deal with this before, and being in a state of  
>> emergency here time wise... what is the proper course of action?
>>
>> I would think that I should try to just replace the fuse to see if  
>> it holds and attribute the blow-out to a freak power surge or  
>> something (I do have a surge protector on that line).  My problem  
>> there is I can't find this fuse anywhere and the endcaps don't  
>> tell *me* enough info to trust that something I find online is the  
>> right thing. Here's what is says on the fuse, "250V 8A 51S" I  
>> don't know what the "51S" stands for. I have determined however  
>> that this is a 5 x 20mm glass fuse.
>>
>> Anyone with similar troubles in the past that can help me get up  
>> and running fast? Time is so important to me right now that I'd  
>> even just overnight a new PS here if that meant I could save a few  
>> days of hunting down and blowing out more fuses.
>>
>> Any help is very much appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- jim
>>
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