iMac G4 power cable

[IBobby]

Does anyone know if just a standard 3 prong would work with this? i just bought an imac off of ebay and it didn't come with one... i don't want to spend 30bucks on a cable when i can pick one up from radio shack for 10... :).

Thanks.

[Echoes]

A standard 3-prong power cable will definitely not fit in there. Contact pins are round, not flat as they should be. The socket also has a "Mickey Mouse" shape.

Is this cable really 30 bucks? Geez... When I got my iMac G4, it had no power cable. I was able to get one for free from a guy working in a high school computer lab. I got lucky I guess! I was going to weld wires to the pins in order to adapt a standard power socket!

Congratulations for your purchase! It's a great machine, even thought it's a bit outdated... I totally love mine. Runs Leopard OK with 1.5 GB of RAM.

[IBobby]

A standard 3-prong power cable will definitely not fit in there. Contact pins are round, not flat as they should be. The socket also has a "Mickey Mouse" shape.

Is this cable really 30 bucks? Geez... When I got my iMac G4, it had no power cable. I was able to get one for free from a guy working in a high school computer lab. I got lucky I guess! I was going to weld wires to the pins in order to adapt a standard power socket!

Congratulations for your purchase! It's a great machine, even thought it's a bit outdated... I totally love mine. Runs Leopard OK with 1.5 GB of RAM.


This looks just like the pins though :)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9969/30851173.th.png (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/30851173.png/)

[Echoes]

This looks just like the pins though :)

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9969/30851173.th.png (http://img297.imageshack.us/i/30851173.png/)

At first glance, that should do it. Did it work?

[IBobby]

At first glance, that should do it. Did it work?

Going to once the imac arrives :)