--- Tony Duell <ard(a)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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