On 10/7/10 8:33 PM, James Morgan wrote:
My MDD G4's also only shut down when I was not using them. But after a
while they began to occasionally refuse to start. Got a glowing light in
the start button when I pushed it but no start. This progressed to no
starting at all. The shutting down on it's own was the beginning of the end.
I went through guilt trips. I thought maybe I had not kept the G4's
clean enough and had overheated them. Ect. Then I found out the power
supply in the MDD G4's have issues and it wasn't my fault.
I don't know of any way to check to see if it is a failing power supply
but I certainly recommend that you back up your entire computer to an
external hard drive. And start watching for a good used power supply.
How old is the pram battery?
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