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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: PowerMac won't turn on after sitting in a cold bedroom
Date: 10 Mar 2014 15:30:20 GMT
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On 2014-03-10, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <super70s-0DC9E7.20582009032014@bonxibon.datemas.de>,
> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>> In article <bo4gemF8100U5@mid.individual.net>,
>>  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > On 2014-03-09, super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I just watched the video, good lord. I think I'd be better off buying 
>> > > another used M8573LL. I only paid $100 each for both of the ones I own.
>> > 
>> > eBay is great for that. You may even find the power supply itself for
>> > sale there.
>> 
>> Yeah I notice people are even trying to sell G4 power supplies that 
>> don't work, can you believe that.
>
> Some people do open up and repair broken power supplies, but I wouldn't
> recommend it.

I've done it. I've successfully replaced bad caps in several iMacs, one
including a caps that exploded inside of the power supply. I've also
sent iMac motherboards to http://www.badcaps.net to be refurbished, with
great results.

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