20 Feb
2007
20 Feb
'07
10:40 a.m.
On 20/2/07 00:11, "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Oh, I don't knwo... A non-working machine gives
you the pleasure of
tracing the fault :-)
True.....only in this case there isn't an obvious fault.....
firstly, do you know if it's the CPU box or the
monitor that's tripping
the mains?
CPU box. Even when isolated and alone the PSU will run for 5 mins then
something shorts out and trips everything.
or is it trupping it due to earth leakage (prossibly a
defective mains
filter capaciotr)?
That's what I need to check, if it's anything it'll be a dodgy electrolytic
I hope. The Pro PSU has some big buggers in there :)
How many tims do I have to repeat 'Never switch on
a classic computer
without doing some PSU tests first' ?
Well, normally I do, but I was told this one was a worker. Obviously someone
fibbed! I'll try and get on it tonight, it was an education today working
out how the PSU came out of the machine....heh.....
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