Homebrew PCBs

I have an Epson C84 that had the same problem.  I won't say that I 
fixed it but I did get it working.  What I did was remove the case and 
check it at every sub assembly that is every time I took off a part I 
tried to get it to power up. Eventually with most of the plastic case 
removed it came on. I then replaced parts until it failed again. It 
seems to me that at that point I could slightly warp the case by hand 
to make it work. I then put a sliver of plastic to hold the warp and 
reassembeled.  It now has been working for six months. Not very 
scientific but effective.

Jerry Miller
 
> BTW: Is there any epson repair experience here? The bloody stylus 
color  
> 600 i finally got shows "fatal error" power and paper blinking. The  
> service manual is not telling anything new, i can not spot any 
mechanical  
> problems.
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> ST
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