6 Dec
2007
6 Dec
'07
12:17 a.m.
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 23:25 +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
The fualt I was thinking of was actually a leaky
capacitor, part of the
RC filter network on the A1 supply. It was pulling the supply down, of
course. The series reisstor was fine in this case, and yes I have had
high-value resistorrs go even hihgher, or open.
It seems particularly common with highish value resistors (more than a
few hundred k) used at high voltages, even if the current through them
is fairly tiny.
It's *incredibly* common in old Sun monitors, I've found.
Gordon