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Fri, 15 March 2013 15:31  |
JoeTaxpayer
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I've not heard back from the guy selling ATX to MDD (G4) PS converters. Too
bad.
I know the G5 machines are SATA, but if I am willing to let go of the G4
units, and just transfer the PPc-only software, the G5 should run what I'd
like to still access.
Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series? If you've not read
my PS question prior, I now have 4 dead MDD G4's.
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| Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was? [message #43173 is a reply to message #43171] |
Fri, 15 March 2013 17:00  |
Bruce Johnson
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On Mar 15, 2013, at 12:31 PM, JoeTaxpayer <joetaxpayer08@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've not heard back from the guy selling ATX to MDD (G4) PS converters. Too bad.
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> I know the G5 machines are SATA, but if I am willing to let go of the G4 units, and just transfer the PPc-only software, the G5 should run what I'd like to still access.
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> Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series? If you've not read my PS question prior, I now have 4 dead MDD G4's.
G5 towers? no; in my experience those have been quite reliable. G5 iMacs were made at the height of the Capacitor Plague and have had consistent issues with bad caps on both the logic board and the power supply.
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| Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was? [message #43193 is a reply to message #43173] |
Fri, 15 March 2013 18:05 |
JoeTaxpayer
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Sorry, yes, tower. Given the choice, it may make sense to grab one for my
needs.
On Friday, March 15, 2013 5:00:12 PM UTC-4, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu
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> G5 towers? no; in my experience those have been quite reliable. G5 iMacs
> were made at the height of the Capacitor Plague and have had consistent
> issues with bad caps on both the logic board and the power supply.
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> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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| Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was? [message #43194 is a reply to message #43171] |
Fri, 15 March 2013 18:40 |
Cameron Kaiser
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>> Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series?
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> G5 towers? no; in my experience those have been quite reliable.
Well, let's say *more* reliable. My quad G5 is still running on the original
PS (the MDD, OTOH, is on its third). But early G5 towers did have some PS
issues, though the most notoriously unreliable G5s were, as you say, the iMacs.
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| Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was? [message #43279 is a reply to message #43171] |
Fri, 15 March 2013 18:33 |
Jerry Kemp
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I ordered my G5 tower on 22 August 2005, and aside from shutting it off
at night, it has been running non-stop pretty much every day since
received. Absolutely no power supply problems here.
I am also curious about the ATX PS in G4 conversion. I have a copy of
Mac OS X server 1.2 that I want to play with. Several of the G4 Macs
are on the Server 1.2 compatibility list.
Jerry
On 03/15/13 02:31 PM, JoeTaxpayer wrote:
> I've not heard back from the guy selling ATX to MDD (G4) PS converters. Too
> bad.
>
> I know the G5 machines are SATA, but if I am willing to let go of the G4
> units, and just transfer the PPc-only software, the G5 should run what I'd
> like to still access.
>
> Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series? If you've not read
> my PS question prior, I now have 4 dead MDD G4's.
>
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| Re: G5 iMacs were made at the height of the Capacitor Plague, [message #43280 is a reply to message #43173] |
Sat, 16 March 2013 12:38 |
ROBERT H. BAUCOM
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If that is so, Apple Should extend the warranty to 36 months. I have bought Apple Products for years since the quality and long life are so good.
But, when Steve Jobs stopped licensing the PowerComputing® clones … it Chapped my posterior extremity So much,
I bought and used only their PowerCenter Pros and PowerTower Pros for a number of years.
Had a PowerComputing Power 100 (100 MHz 601 processor) that I bought used for my grandson have a powerSupple Failure.
Cost me a $100.00 for a new one.
Then read they were a problem on PowerComputing models ... So, being my extended family's IS man, I bought five used PowerCenter Pro
power supplies … and with several machines out there in my family … never had a Power Supply go out on one of them over the next five to seven years.
Gave my Stash Away when switched to Apple Quicksilvers.
I had wondered why their were so many iMacs for sale for parts … made me think of the Sorry Ass, Mac Quadra's, which filled the Used Mac Lists for a few years.
RHB
On Mar 15, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
G5 iMacs were made at the height of the Capacitor Plague and have had consistent issues with bad caps on both the logic board and the power supply.
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| Re: Are the G5 power supplies as bad as the G4 was? [message #43281 is a reply to message #43171] |
Sat, 16 March 2013 13:09 |
Bruce Horner
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On Friday, March 15, 2013 3:31:32 PM UTC-4, JoeTaxpayer wrote:
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> I've not heard back from the guy selling ATX to MDD (G4) PS converters.
> Too bad.
>
Is this the guy with the G4 series wiring diagrams on his site? If you feel
comfortable with a soldering iron you may want to try making your own
connections.
I did an MDD and a Digital Audio. Both worked well, although, as the site I
used warned, there may be difficulties waking from sleep mode. A little
creativity goes a long way in positioning the ATX supply in the MDD case.
One thing I wish I'd done was make up connectors as separate units so if
the ps died I could just plug in a new one.
> Bruce
> I know the G5 machines are SATA, but if I am willing to let go of the G4
> units, and just transfer the PPc-only software, the G5 should run what I'd
> like to still access.
>
> Is the G5 PS failure rate as high as the MDD G4 series? If you've not read
> my PS question prior, I now have 4 dead MDD G4's.
>
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