Howdy folks,

For those of you still using Xserve G5's, you have likely encountered some bad PSUs. And if you haven't yet, don't worry, you will soon enough! A working PSU will run you several hundreds of dollars on eBay and will likely fail soon as well.
These PSUs need a recap.

Having done 80+ of these Xserve G5 recaps to date, only one was an unsuccessful repair (a massive power surge fried the thing). So for just a few bucks, you can easily bring these PSUs back to life 99% of the time!

I have typed up a few posts about repairing these things:
https://thehouseofmoth.com/recapping-an-xserve-g5-power-supply-part-1-preparations/
https://thehouseofmoth.com/recapping-an-xserve-g5-power-supply-part-2-recap-and-test/
https://thehouseofmoth.com/recapping-an-xserve-g5-power-supply-part-3-additional-notes/

Now either those posts are really, really poorly written, or people just don't feel like doing this repair themselves. Either way, I have these PSU's shipped my direction from all over the world frequently year-round :)

If you want one of these PSUs repaired and also prefer to have someone else do it, I'm happy to help!
For the latest info on this, and other, services I offer, take a peek at this webpage.

Long live Xserve! [sign-of-the-horns]

I am guessing the power supplies are no the same as in the Intel Xserves? Just an idle question because I am too lazy to look it up right now.

Correct

You missed a cap, its next to 7. I found this a while back but didn't realize you had this thread. I forget what the value was however.

>> AmigaOfRochester said:

You missed a cap, its next to 7. I found this a while back but didn't realize you had this thread. I forget what the value was however. Click to expand...

Check page 3 :)
Depends on the revision of PSU

>> The House of Moth said:

Check page 3 Depends on the revision of PSU Click to expand...

Oh. Must have missed that. Your sheet definitely helped. How did you get the silicone off without melting the caps? That's the worst