Introduction
This guide will help you in disassembling the power supply from your PowerMac.
Tools
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Remove the screw from each of the two niches on lower part of fan using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.
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Removing the faceplate.
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On the inside of the case, find the two plastic tabs.
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While depressing the tabs, remove the faceplate by pulling and rotating outward.
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Pull the drive out to allow access to the power and ribbon cables. Do not fully remove.
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Remove both the power and ribbon cable.
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Remove the 3 hex screws on the back of the case.
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Remove the single screw on the side of the power supply casing with the Phillips #1 screwdriver.
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Remove power cable from the logic board.
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Remove power cable from hard drive.
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Pull the power supply out and towards yourself.
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3 comments
Had a nearby lightning strike, "scrammed" my Mac, but couldn't start it up afterwards. Google led me to the ifixit site ( where I should have gone first!) and your instructions got me going again. Granted, I had an identical, spare Macintosh so I was able to pull that power supply to replace the damaged one and not have to wait for a replacement, but your step-by-step made the swap fairly easy! Thank you! I am happy tonight!
Now to order the replacement.
Hello Bill, I was wondering what power supply did you order as a replacement. Getting an original would cost over $100 almost next to $200, so I want to make sure where else I can buy a good power supply. Thanks in advance.
ditto…. like Bill I had a faithful G4 i use to archive some old OS9 files that need specific software that never went to OS X and some very basic Apache web server stuff. Mostly sleeping it went pop one day, I had replaced it a few years previously after a pram issue with a clean SH unit which i just swopped drives over, so getting sleeping beauty down from attic, following instructions I removed the power pac and in 30 minus the dead mac was running again and archive is protected
ipodista -
Fino a li lo intuisce anche un bambino. Io volevo sapere come levare l'altro sportello senza rompere niente. Ma una vodtra risposta non la vedo.
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