To whom ever can help,
I noticed the other day that my Mac G4 533 has a broken fan in the power supply. I'm shocked that the computer hasn't over heated and stopped working. does anyone out there know the best solution to this problem.
Can I buy just a replacement fan? or do I replace the whole power supply? does apple still make them? or will any power supply work?
thank you
Jeremy
To whom ever can help,
I noticed the other day that my Mac G4 533 has a broken fan in the power supply. I'm shocked that the computer hasn't over heated and stopped working. does anyone out there know the best solution to this problem.
Can I buy just a replacement fan? or do I replace the whole power supply? does apple still make them? or will any power supply work?
thank you
Jeremy
In article x1K5e.931690$Xk.114362@redacted.invalid, Jeremy jeremyNOSPAM@redacted.invalid wrote:
To whom ever can help,
I noticed the other day that my Mac G4 533 has a broken fan in the power supply. I'm shocked that the computer hasn't over heated and stopped working. does anyone out there know the best solution to this problem.
Can I buy just a replacement fan? or do I replace the whole power supply? does apple still make them? or will any power supply work?
thank you
Jeremy
Carefully remove the fan; its contacts should slide out of a pair of slots probably. Hopefully, its specs will be readable. I don't where you could buy a fan but I have seen them in computer stores like MicroCenter. You could check the back pages of MacWorld or go online to Other world Computing. Do not think of replacing the power supply unless it smells like it has badly overheated.
I got the power supply out and unscrewed all the screws and the thing still won't come apart there's a tab of metal holding it together.
John Ferman of Minneapolis wrote:
In article x1K5e.931690$Xk.114362@redacted.invalid, Jeremy jeremyNOSPAM@redacted.invalid wrote:
To whom ever can help,
I noticed the other day that my Mac G4 533 has a broken fan in the power supply. I'm shocked that the computer hasn't over heated and stopped working. does anyone out there know the best solution to this problem.
Can I buy just a replacement fan? or do I replace the whole power supply? does apple still make them? or will any power supply work?
thank you
Jeremy
Carefully remove the fan; its contacts should slide out of a pair of slots probably. Hopefully, its specs will be readable. I don't where you could buy a fan but I have seen them in computer stores like MicroCenter. You could check the back pages of MacWorld or go online to Other world Computing. Do not think of replacing the power supply unless it smells like it has badly overheated.
On 2005-04-09 08:49:17 +0300, Jeremy jeremyNOSPAM@redacted.invalid said:
To whom ever can help,
I noticed the other day that my Mac G4 533 has a broken fan in the power supply. I'm shocked that the computer hasn't over heated and stopped working. does anyone out there know the best solution to this problem.
Can I buy just a replacement fan? or do I replace the whole power supply? does apple still make them? or will any power supply work?
thank you
Jeremy
http://www.g4noise.com/ --> looks like a good community to me
BTW, power supply is responsible of most of the noise even speaking about my G5. So, if you can find a custom company like http://www.silenxusa.com/productcart/pc/mainindex.asp , or check (mail) if they make mac g4 stuff, go for it.
Apple price will be same and you will get the exact same thing.
Ilgaz Ocal