B&W power motherboard PS connector
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bob - 07 May 2007
My B&W PS has reached its last milliwatt.
It does not want to supply power for more than a few minutes. I want to swap it out for an ATX supply, with more wattage.I know there are PS connector differences, searching the net, I find a number of xclr8 your mac articles about G3 B&W and G4 PS swaps but I am confused by the info provided. One article implies that pin 8 (PG on ATX, +3v on G4 AGP/PCI Mobo (sawtooth) and maybe on B&W is not a worry. Pin 18, grnd on mac, +5V on ATX is the worry. I am worried about the pin out period.
Can someone pint me towards or fill me in on what the real wiring is on the B*W G3 motherboard? Is it the same as the Sawtooth? Or point me to a service manual (user and tech manuals don't seem to cover this) thanks!
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Erik Richard S?rensen - 07 May 2007
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service manual (user and tech manuals don't seem to cover this) thanks!
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bob - 08 May 2007
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Cheers, Erik Richard
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Thanks, I did check the whole machine, the 200 watt supply was a little=20 but under what was needed for the memory 1GB, 1GHZ G4 Cpu, with much=20 cache, 4 disk drives, DVD burner, and option cards. The original supply=20 just got tired. I have been slowly and carefully replacing it with a=20 550Watt supply - plenty of reserve power I will never use - but before I =test to see if the magic smoke comes out, I want to make sure the wiring =
is correct.
bob
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