iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

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  • Toasty
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    • Jul 2007
    • 4171

    #61
    Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

    Ok, send it.
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    • safainla
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      • Sep 2011
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      #62
      Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

      Hello I know this is an old post but Just wondering if you have any result on this model I have the same model same problem. replaced caps with new but still LED 1 on my mac goes off for a split second and no 24v at all. Could you please let me and others know what happened with your PSU? Thanks

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      • Toasty
        Badcaps Legend
        • Jul 2007
        • 4171

        #63
        Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

        If the 24v is down (19-20v in standby), that means the standby section is also down. You are probably missing 5vsb also, yes?

        Flip it over and look at Q1 to see if it's burnt. Also, check the output of the TOPSwitch (TOP244Y).

        Remember that you are working on the HOT / LINE side of the PSU. The use of an isolation transformer is highly recommended.

        Please update your profile to show where you are from. Thanks!

        T
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        • safainla
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          • Sep 2011
          • 6
          • USA

          #64
          Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

          Thanks for quick response, I checked Q1, visual check on that shows no sign of burning out. I checked BCE: no voltage!! I checked TOP244Y MOSFET. Drain is good. it was plugged for just a minute for this test. I checked Source and Drain put my voltmeter on 600 DC and it was showing about 330! BTW I am not that expert but not a newbie - just thought I should mention this at this point I disconnected the power and touched the copper heatsink attached to TOP244Y. It was HOT. I feel like it should not be that HOT specially when there is no load on PSU. This is as far as I noticed. Any recommendation to what to do next or maybe anything I didn't properly checked??
          Last edited by safainla; 05-12-2013, 02:49 AM.

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          • Toasty
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            • Jul 2007
            • 4171

            #65
            Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

            Sounds like the 24v regulator, M6, is bad. It's a KA78M24 mounted on the large heatsink near C66 (1000@35). T2 provides both 5vsb & 24vsb and is driven by the TOP244Y.

            You can either lift one leg of the diode that rectifies the 24v, or unbolt and remove M6 to see if 5vsb comes back. The TOP should also be significantly cooler after doing so.

            Note that your ground changes from the HOT side (T2 input) to the COLD side (T2 output). There is no common to both.

            T
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            • safainla
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              • Sep 2011
              • 6
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              #66
              Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

              Thank you for helping me firstly. secondly, I took M6 out it checked the legs on the board without M6 presence it has 32 volt between input and output. (it was not showing anything last time I checked when M6 was in place. Also when I checked with my mutimeter in diod testing mode, M6 shows 42 ohm between input and output BOTH WAYS (switched plus and minus probes) versus a good KA78M15 I had here handy (i know the rating is different and I am not going to use this for my board!) that shows current only in one direction doing the same test above on it. Do you agree with me that this is the problem? I am going to find out where I can find a replacement for M6 and replace it if you confirm. Thanks again.

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              • safainla
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                • Sep 2011
                • 6
                • USA

                #67
                Re: iMac G5 AcBel 17" API3PC94-290 no voltages

                OK , I got the 24v regulator from local shop and replaced it. Job is done. Thanks again for your help.

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