Apple power supply problems

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Wed Oct 7 21:14:13 1998

one of my 3 apple //GS wouldnt power up which after subbing parts out, turned
out to be a power supply issue. i took the cover off the ps to look around
finding nothing obviously wrong. i looked at the fuse and wasnt sure if it had
burned out or not. call me crazy or whatever, but i used a paper clip to
bypass the fuse and plugged the ac in and powered on for just a sec. i got a
bit of smoke so i powered off and checkes. not finding the source, i did it
again while watching. this time, something really smoked! it seems to be a
small transformer of some sort, about 3/4 in square and 1 inch high and it's
right near where the a/c comes into the power supply. there's a larger one
right int he middle of the circuit board. it's still hot several minutes
later! thankfully the computer itself is ok although it did reset my main
computer on the same electrical outlet. provided i didnt destroy the whole
bloody thing, what could be causing the problem?

david
Received on Wed Oct 07 1998 - 21:14:13 BST