Frackin' heck! (Gotta keep this forum family-friendly, after all.)
Just went into the workshop, smelled "The Smell", and realized I couldn't hear my Power Mac G4 Digital Audio with dual 1 GHz upgrade running. Went over, and it had definitely fried itself.
From what I can tell, the fan on the upgrade card had gone out. One of the surface-mount chips on the bottom of the CPU card (capacitor, maybe?) had burst. Everything else looks fine, but dangit!!!
I have temporarily put in a 466 MHz G4 from my other G4 tower, but that's a heck of a speed hit, from dual 1 GHz to 466 MHz. And Leopard isn't quite 'speedy' any more.
Anyone know of a cheap source for a dual G4 upgrade card?
Just went into the workshop, smelled "The Smell", and realized I couldn't hear my Power Mac G4 Digital Audio with dual 1 GHz upgrade running. Went over, and it had definitely fried itself.
From what I can tell, the fan on the upgrade card had gone out. One of the surface-mount chips on the bottom of the CPU card (capacitor, maybe?) had burst. Everything else looks fine, but dangit!!!
I have temporarily put in a 466 MHz G4 from my other G4 tower, but that's a heck of a speed hit, from dual 1 GHz to 466 MHz. And Leopard isn't quite 'speedy' any more.
Anyone know of a cheap source for a dual G4 upgrade card?