Dead-ish G5

2011-06-10 Thread Amanda Ward
A lot of time on my hands has prompted me to look into why my iMac G5 (first gen) quit working. Posting the symptoms here got the opinion the power supply took a header. It was supposed to have had the PS replaced before I bought it, but hey! I don't mind putting another PS in the unit, but I

Re: Dead-ish G5

2011-06-10 Thread Jim Scott
On Jun 10, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: A lot of time on my hands has prompted me to look into why my iMac G5 (first gen) quit working. Posting the symptoms here got the opinion the power supply took a header. It was supposed to have had the PS replaced before I bought it, but

Re: Dead-ish G5

2011-06-10 Thread Amanda Ward
Oh poo... It's a 20 model. Curious... I replaced the original 160GB HD with a 500 GB, could this have affected the power supply? Amanda On Jun 10, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Jim Scott wrote: On Jun 10, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: A lot of time on my hands has prompted me to look into

Re: Dead-ish G5

2011-06-10 Thread Christopher Satterfield
The hard drive shouldn't have anything to do with a power supply that's stopped working because the power supplies supply a regulated 3.3, 5 and 12 volt current to the SATA power connector and a specific amperage (5 amps if I recall correctly). I'm not sure about which power supply you need though