On Tue, 8 May 2001, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > > spare items). I will say that I wish every power supply were as easy
> > > to replace as the IIgses -- it literally just snaps in and out.
> >
> > I've never seen the point of this kind of construction. If I'm going to
> > be fixing something I am going to need at least a multimeter, soldering
> > iron, solder sucker, cutters, etc, and probably a 'scope or logic
> > analyser as well. Which means having to use a screwdriver on the case
> > screws is no big deal
>
> I was actually very impressed. Just yank the restraining clip in the front
> and the power supply comes right out. Swapping supplies took seconds.
>
> > I am suprised it did any damage, actually. Every SMPSU I've worked on has
> > current limiting, and just about anything you can do to the outputs
> > (short them to ground or to each other) will shut the power supply down,
> > but won't do any permanent damage. I'd be interested to know just what
> > did fail.
>
> The fuse near the AC input did blow but it appears to have blown too late.
> There are multiple scorch marks all over the board. At least three
> resistors no longer "resist" and one transistor seems dead also.
In the vein of resurrection, I just brought an SE/30 back to SCSI
availability again with the assistance of www.junkyardjeff.com. He has
a pretty full selection of Mac parts - Atari, Amiga, Commodore, Next,
etc coming up also - reasonable prices and prompt delivery. Tough
combination to beat!
I was very happy with his service!
- don
> Now, why did the disk drive do that?
>
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