[G4] MDD power issues

[William Surritte]

Would incompatible firmware cause the Power strip breaker to trip?
The SD is powered by the computer PSU so +1 for Power supply

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On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:23 PM, WARREN TAYLOR <twobzz at myfairpoint.net>wrote:

> Sounds like power supply. Unless you have installed some incompatible
> firmware i would say go for power supply
>
> On Apr 25, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Simon Stone wrote:
>
>  Greetings,
>>
>> my dual 1GHz MDD has been displaying some behavior lately which I suspect
>> is power supply related, but maybe someone can confirm, or suggest other
>> possible things to look for. I have an Apple Studio Display (adc) and a
>> second HP monitor connected and am running OS 10.4.11. Recently, at boot up,
>> as soon as both monitors click on my breaker on the power bar is tripped
>> shutting down everything. First I tried disconnecting the HP - same thing;
>> then the SD and it was ok. I connected the SD while the MDD was on (maybe
>> not the best thing to do?) and it worked ok. Today it got worse: the
>> computer with nothing connected will try to start breifly when I press the
>> power button, and will shut off - if I try again immediately - nothing. If I
>> unplug from power and plug again - power button lights up briefly and shuts
>> down. What's happening here, is there anything I should try? Thanks.
>>
>> Simon Stone.
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