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RE: Dead PS board in DX7

2013-09-29 by <narfman96@...>

The mk1 power supply gets quite warm. This also can lead to bad solder connections.



---In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, <kloopy@...> wrote:

I had an issue with power supply on my DX7 MK1 and it was dry joints on low power output. Hope that may help someone.

K



---In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, <oldcrow@...> wrote:

That is glue. Tall parts were generally glued down so their high
center of gravity wouldn't end up cracking the board or otherwise weaken
their connection to the traces/pads.

Crow
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synapticdistortion wrote:
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> One thing that I've noticed is that there is a hard, tan-colored
> substance at the bottom of several of the caps. I can't tell if it's
> leakage, or some sort of thermal material that was placed there during
> manufacturing. The caps in question otherwise look fine (no bulges or
> splitting).
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