Got around to pulling the PSU from my old MDD G4 Mac
It's an AcBel API1PC36 Rev. B which is nice because it doesn't have the CapXon HP problem (or the heatsink in the way, luckily!)
It seems mine has gone similarly down the same path as the one severach posted about here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13985
That is, that C60 is bulged but nothing else (yet). And the Mac still starts most of the time. Not sure if the brands\values match his Rev. A model but I guess we will find out.
In any case, looking in that and other threads, it seems that the smaller capacitors might give issues too, so I'm thinking it sounds a good idea to just replace most everything, including them?
Also, what about the ones on the little daughter-boards?
It's an AcBel API1PC36 Rev. B which is nice because it doesn't have the CapXon HP problem (or the heatsink in the way, luckily!)
It seems mine has gone similarly down the same path as the one severach posted about here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=13985
That is, that C60 is bulged but nothing else (yet). And the Mac still starts most of the time. Not sure if the brands\values match his Rev. A model but I guess we will find out.
In any case, looking in that and other threads, it seems that the smaller capacitors might give issues too, so I'm thinking it sounds a good idea to just replace most everything, including them?
Also, what about the ones on the little daughter-boards?
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