Hello -
I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on my problem. My Mac won't start. Period. It's dead - no juice. I'm assuming that it's a Power Supply problem, so I'm now looking to replace that.
Problem is that my power supply doesn't match what I'm seeing around the Net. On Ebay, for one. I have a g4 Power Mac - 450 dp. The first thing is that the part # doesn't seem to match any of the power supplies I see for sale. The only # my power supply has on it is:
APl-9841-291
Then there is the 237 or 200W variety power supply. I don't think my Mac is a SawTooth, so the 200W is right for me - correct?
Thirdly, there is the 20 & 22 Pin varieties. I followed the cords from out of the power supply down to the board and pulled it out. Counted 22 pins - except that one 'pin' is empty (on the cord/powersupply side and this seems to be how it should be, I think), so it's technically a 21 Pin. However, I'm thinking that I want the 22 pin, correct?
As you can see, I'm comfortable with opening my Mac and making some changes here and there - I've added RAM, installed a new HD, etc. However, I'm not a hardcore tech guy, or at least hardware tech guy.
Could someone tell me exactly what Power Supply I should be getting? I need to get back to work and everything is on hold with this going on.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on my problem. My Mac won't start. Period. It's dead - no juice. I'm assuming that it's a Power Supply problem, so I'm now looking to replace that.
Problem is that my power supply doesn't match what I'm seeing around the Net. On Ebay, for one. I have a g4 Power Mac - 450 dp. The first thing is that the part # doesn't seem to match any of the power supplies I see for sale. The only # my power supply has on it is:
APl-9841-291
Then there is the 237 or 200W variety power supply. I don't think my Mac is a SawTooth, so the 200W is right for me - correct?
Thirdly, there is the 20 & 22 Pin varieties. I followed the cords from out of the power supply down to the board and pulled it out. Counted 22 pins - except that one 'pin' is empty (on the cord/powersupply side and this seems to be how it should be, I think), so it's technically a 21 Pin. However, I'm thinking that I want the 22 pin, correct?
As you can see, I'm comfortable with opening my Mac and making some changes here and there - I've added RAM, installed a new HD, etc. However, I'm not a hardcore tech guy, or at least hardware tech guy.
Could someone tell me exactly what Power Supply I should be getting? I need to get back to work and everything is on hold with this going on.
Thanks for any help you can offer.