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No Power G4 - Will hard drive contents be OK?
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<blockquote data-quote="HawaiiMacAddict" data-source="post: 717237" data-attributes="member: 65444"><p>Aloha MacG,</p><p></p><p>A coworker of mine literally gave me a PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet (2x450MHz PPC) and everything was going well until one day I noticed the same thing you noticed about yours - namely, it was not powered on. I had no other PPC Macs on which to test my drives but after some poking around determined the power supply was finally dead. I went to <a href="http://www.mac-pro.com" target="_blank">Mac Pro</a> to order my power supply. Start with their <a href="http://www.mac-pro.com/Mac-Pro-Online-Store?search=power+supply" target="_blank">power supply page</a> and see if they have what you need. I was scared of the S&H as I'm out here in Hawaii, but it worked out to around $170.00 for everything, so it really wasn't too bad. Of course, I still have the original 16MB video card, so graphics are really not my thing - it's OK for the nieces and nephew, though.</p><p></p><p>That being said, see if you can bring it in to a computer store, preferably an </p><p>Apple Store, to have it checked out before you lay out any cash for a replacement part. As the G4s are getting really long in the tooth, their replacement parts are fewer and farther between, meaning getting higher in price. A replacement video card for mine, if AGP, is around $200! Good luck with your G4 - they are really great machines, aren't they?!?</p><p></p><p>HawaiiMacAddict</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HawaiiMacAddict, post: 717237, member: 65444"] Aloha MacG, A coworker of mine literally gave me a PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet (2x450MHz PPC) and everything was going well until one day I noticed the same thing you noticed about yours - namely, it was not powered on. I had no other PPC Macs on which to test my drives but after some poking around determined the power supply was finally dead. I went to [URL="http://www.mac-pro.com"]Mac Pro[/URL] to order my power supply. Start with their [URL="http://www.mac-pro.com/Mac-Pro-Online-Store?search=power+supply"]power supply page[/URL] and see if they have what you need. I was scared of the S&H as I'm out here in Hawaii, but it worked out to around $170.00 for everything, so it really wasn't too bad. Of course, I still have the original 16MB video card, so graphics are really not my thing - it's OK for the nieces and nephew, though. That being said, see if you can bring it in to a computer store, preferably an Apple Store, to have it checked out before you lay out any cash for a replacement part. As the G4s are getting really long in the tooth, their replacement parts are fewer and farther between, meaning getting higher in price. A replacement video card for mine, if AGP, is around $200! Good luck with your G4 - they are really great machines, aren't they?!? HawaiiMacAddict [/QUOTE]
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