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yikes G4 question
You have a choice: either risk your entire home's electrical grid by a faulty power supply, and ultimately your own safety by keeping it going;
OR, replace the power supply unit and DO NOT USE it until then. Throw out the power supply, if you are that tempted to turn it on until you can find a replacement. It won't improve nor can be fixed through simple means, and at worst could cause a fire.
In the nicest possible way, are you just trolling or are you seriously this idiotic?
I apologise I never enter into this sort of stuff, but this is getting tiresome.
JB
OR, replace the power supply unit and DO NOT USE it until then. Throw out the power supply, if you are that tempted to turn it on until you can find a replacement. It won't improve nor can be fixed through simple means, and at worst could cause a fire.
In the nicest possible way, are you just trolling or are you seriously this idiotic?
I apologise I never enter into this sort of stuff, but this is getting tiresome.JB
um the same thing that causes any circuit breaker to trip your drawing too much load though it and it shutting down that part to keep your house from burning down
you have a faulty power supply, why? I dunno let me look into my crystal ball, oh cause its broken
power supplies are somewhat tricky dangerous things to work with, I wont even attempt to repair one (and I helped design the ones we use in our products at work) its often so much easier wiser and safer to just replace the unit
you have a faulty power supply, why? I dunno let me look into my crystal ball, oh cause its broken
power supplies are somewhat tricky dangerous things to work with, I wont even attempt to repair one (and I helped design the ones we use in our products at work) its often so much easier wiser and safer to just replace the unit
not likely but replace the cord if it makes you feel better, if I had my guess something is dead or quickly dying, could be silicon, could be a capacitor, if your not grasping the basic function of a circuit breaker I dont suggest you go poking around something connected to current strong enough to weld plate steel while boiling water, drying your clothes and putting out hundreds of watts of light with plenty to spare
if your in the USA your breaker is probably 15 amps with 110-130 volts behind that, its enough to make a coat hanger melt, replace the power supply
if your in the USA your breaker is probably 15 amps with 110-130 volts behind that, its enough to make a coat hanger melt, replace the power supply
I think the basic translation is "The thing may burn your house down, it might not, but what it's doing is un-diagnose-able from afar and indicative of a potentially serious problem. So if you refuse to accept "change out the power supply" as an acceptable course of action then there's little anyone can say here that can help you."
I suppose the only way you'll ever *know* if it will burn down your house and kill your whole family is to keep doing what you're doing.
Edit:
In all fairness I did once actually encounter a worn power cord that was shorting if even just slightly jiggled. If the machine *never does it again* after swapping the cord then perhaps you found the problem.
I suppose the only way you'll ever *know* if it will burn down your house and kill your whole family is to keep doing what you're doing.
Edit:
In all fairness I did once actually encounter a worn power cord that was shorting if even just slightly jiggled. If the machine *never does it again* after swapping the cord then perhaps you found the problem.
Yes, you must discontinue use of the G4 immediately until you replace the power supply. And you don't need a specific Apple one, with a modification that takes about 5 seconds (max) you can use ANY PC ATX power supply There's instructions, and even a photo of the connector with the correct wire cut here.