My Olivetti M24 was humming away nicely until I switched it off. It then failed to power
on again. The PSU is not outputting any voltages on any of its outputs. The technical
manual is here
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/olivetti/m21_m24/Olivetti_M21_M24_Theory_of_Opera….
The PSU is described from p188 with an outline schematic on p194. The full schematic is on
p274. A schematic useful to anyone with the actual board in front of them has been created
in the following forum post
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?t...ower-supply-replacement.1237316/#post…, the
schematic is this one:
https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?attachments/m24_psu_schematic-jpg.1252584/.
I have done some verification with the scope but I have reached a point where I am not
sure what signals I should expect. I have attached a dummy load on the +12V, +5V and +15V
outputs to meet the specs for minimum current.
I see a 20KHz square wave on the inputs to the output transformer T438 (pins 1 and 2). The
manual says that the diodes on the output rectify a half wave. I assume these are the ones
labelled D134 and D136.
The following image shows the signal on the two diodes marked D134 on the schematic for
the 12V output, measured from their anodes to 0V output.
https://rjarratt.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/diodes-on-12v-out…
For the other two diodes, labelled D136 for the 5V output I get this:
https://rjarratt.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/diodes-on-5v-outp…
Do these look correct? The peaks seem to be too low to even begin to produce the required
output voltage.
Thanks
Rob