Re: G4 (quicksilver?) PSU dying

Bob Pegram <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.macppc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have an old G4 with a working power supply. The board doesn't work so 
the power supply hasn't been used for years. The computer isn't dual to 
me knowledge so it may not work. Let me know if you are interested.

Bob Pegram

Campbell, CA

On 12/12/20 10:25 AM, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 16:27:00 +0100
> Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> it seems the power supply in my dual G4 mac is dying (OF calls it
>> Apple PowerMac3,5 - I think it is a quicksilver, 2x 800 MHz G4 cpu,
>> dmesg at https://NetBSD.org/~martin/macppc-atf/dmesg.txt).
> Sure sounds like a Quicksilver.
>
>> Replacement PSUs seem to be unavailable, but several pages I found claim
>> that I should be able to connect a standard ATX PSU with small modifications.
>>
>> One minor thing is unclear though: it seems the quicksilver has a +28V supply
>> (something about ADC graphics or displays) - and I am not sure the machine
>> would work without that (and no chance to get that from a stock ATX PSU).
> IIRC that's for the extra connector in front of the AGP slot, for
> monitor power via ADC. I doubt it's being used for anything else.
>
> have fun
> Michael
>
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