Thanks Dan, wish I'd known about the voltmeter test not being much use which I'd assume means that this is my last demand before deciding that I'm physically unable to figure out a thing because I'd surely have thought that the weak battery would at least be able to make a credible start, even if i
Well the new power supply didn't do it. The G4 just sits quietly and
just makes a faint clicking noise a few times or so til I turn it off.
Must be the motherboard.
I found a webpage with instructions on what needs to be done to get
the board switched, now I just need to find a good motherboard.
Thanks Bruce, so far so good. The Pram battery tests at 3.6V just like it says
on the battery, and the model appears to be a Graphics model AGP according to
the apple files.
I've found a replacement for the ACBel API 9841-291 (well at least it's an API
9841 with no 291 but otherwise picture p
Thanks Christopher for the quick clue of likelihoods. We can appreciate the problem of allocating time to fix a dear old machine, which applies to our pair of rescued iMacs and an even more ancient PowerPC 6100/66 but in our case we don't have the expertise to diagnose those problems and by the ti
This nice ol computer is my trusty mainstay in our business and online
activities and has been reliably performing for all that time. BUT this
weekend, I could not get it to turn on. There seemed to be just a hint of a
clicking sound (just a few quiet sounds) but zip else. I've opened up the
Judith... what's this about having to reset the time and date? Maybe that's a
clue to be remembering the general rule that if you're having HD trouble as
well as clock trouble, to try replacing the battery in the iMac before
considering all sorts of expensive -- and/or troublesome DIY -- stuf
Mike, what's this 'low profile' requirement about? What does that mean?
I've got a snowmac and was trying to load 2 of the 256MB modules in it but it
will only take one at a time. It doesn't matter which slot I put the module
in. With just one module, I get along fine no matter which slot it
