Emax

Well, while Russ may be right, if you have the time, you could  
certainly pull those caps and try them on a DMM and see if they are  
shorted (although a capacitance tester would be a better bet, if you  
had access to one). You have nothing to lose but the time spent  
looking into it.... if a cap goes bad, it might take other  
components  with it. If my supply was dead, I would try and fix it.  
After removing the caps (especially if one was shorted), you could  
then start measuring points on the PCB to see if anything else  
appears shorted on the board. But that is just me....with 15+ years  
of working on electronics in industry, even without a schematic I  
could figure out what was wrong... then the question would be  
availability of the old part.... that would be the hardest thing to  
get potentially....

You could also look for cold solders. When I replaced my LCD and  
floppy drive right after buying my Emax, I resoldered the complete  
power board to try and avoid future failure that could be caused by  
cold solders.....

Weigh that with how much expertise you have. You could get an open  
frame PS that would do the job for about $30 if you know where to  
look. Some people have used a PC power supply (small form factor). I  
would have to look at my PS before I would commit to the PC way.....

Thanks,
Ted

On Mar 22, 2006, at 2:51 AM, Russell Rose wrote:

> hate to say it, but that is the suresign of a power supply gone
> south, hope i am wrong.
> that there are shorts( leaky bypass caps) across the 5 and 12 volt
> rails all of a sudden
> seems as likely as  maybe the cheshire cat playing croquet with the
> Queen of Spades. and then winning.
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>> I have seached the post and seen simular probs.  The leds and  
>> displace
>> just flash but no power up.  The supply is just ticking and I  
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>> may be a overcurrent protection cuase a cap is bad.  All my output
>> voltages are messed up.  the +/-12 is at 8v and the 5 is at 3.5v.
>> anyone seen this problem and know for sure what it may be?  I may  
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>> replace all the caps to see.
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