--- Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > While I was booting the Pro380, the floppy began to seek at a high
> > rate (didn't sound normal) and the PSU shut down and the white-button
> > breaker popped. It will not stay in, telling me there's a fatal
> > short somewhere in the PSU
>
> Why do I think this sounds like defective capacitors in the PSU box?
Could easily be. I need to get back my security torx (out on loan) before
I can remove the board from the PSU. It's held in place by several
philips-head bolts and one torx with the button in the middle.
Caps are a good guess. There are a couple of large ones near the input
side. Don't know where I'm going to find replacements.
> Can
> you get the PSU to run on dummy load (indicating the short is elsewhere
> in the machine)? I would guess not.
It does not. With a 5.25" drive as a load or with no load at all,
the breaker pops.
-ethan
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Received on Fri Jul 05 2002 - 01:33:00 BST