Hi,
does anyone have a circuit diagram for a DECserver 200MC, or at least the
power supply? I have one with a very dead PSU.......
Assuming this is a switch-mode unit, have you checked the obvious
suspects?
Start by looking at the fuse. If it's blown 'softly' replace it and try
again. If it's shattereed or blackened, then suspect a shorted
semiconductor device on the mains side of the PSU. Either the rectifier
diodes or a chopper transistor. If the latter, then it's possible some
other component (snubber capacitor, chopper trnasformer) has failed and
taken the transistor with it. If the fuse is good, then it's possible
(probable?) that the startup resistor is open. Look for a high-value
resistor (hundreds of k) -- maybe 2 resistors in series -- from the +ve
side of the cmains smoothing capacitors to a point in the chopper driver
circuit. If you find such a resistor, test it.
-tony