[...]wrench.
I won't be buying it any time soon, but I thought I'd solicit comments and maybe any other ideas about fixing/replacing the GS power supply. Before anyone suggests recapping the one I have realize that as my wife says I can't turn a hammer or swing a
You don't need either a hammer or a wrench, but you would need to know
which end of a soldering iron to hold in order to fix that power supply. There's one component that pops, the X2 filter capacitor, that needs replacement - it will be obvious once you open the metal housing which
is that component. But in the mean time, besides the smell, there
really isn't much danger in continuing to run that power supply even
with the blown filter cap...
I was trying to update the firmware in my GS tonight and the magic smoke escaped.
On Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11:53:54 PM UTC-5, schmidtd wrote:
You don't need either a hammer or a wrench, but you would need to know
which end of a soldering iron to hold in order to fix that power supply.
There's one component that pops, the X2 filter capacitor, that needs
replacement - it will be obvious once you open the metal housing which
is that component. But in the mean time, besides the smell, there
really isn't much danger in continuing to run that power supply even
with the blown filter cap...
Something else must be blown in there because It's Dead, Jim. I just
tried turning it on to see if I could still run it and nothing. I'm not
very good at soldering, that was what the 'turn a hammer or swing a
wrench' was meant to imply. Besides I haven't done any soldering in over
50 years. So I guess my best bet is to eventually get the Universal Power Supply Kit from Reactive Micro. In the meantime I guess I'll use KEGS to
run GS software on my Mac. Unless there is some infitesimally small
chance that Sheppy, or someone else, can update Sweet 16. That is by far
my favorite GS emulator. And, of course, there is Virtual II to run all
my standard Apple II software. Unless I dfig out the IIc+ with the FloppyEMU.
magnusfalkirk <dean....@gmail.com> wrote:
On Monday, June 20, 2022 at 11:53:54 PM UTC-5, schmidtd wrote:
You don't need either a hammer or a wrench, but you would need to know
which end of a soldering iron to hold in order to fix that power supply. >> There's one component that pops, the X2 filter capacitor, that needs
replacement - it will be obvious once you open the metal housing which
is that component. But in the mean time, besides the smell, there
really isn't much danger in continuing to run that power supply even
with the blown filter cap...
Something else must be blown in there because It's Dead, Jim. I just
tried turning it on to see if I could still run it and nothing. I'm not very good at soldering, that was what the 'turn a hammer or swing a wrench' was meant to imply. Besides I haven't done any soldering in over 50 years. So I guess my best bet is to eventually get the Universal Power Supply Kit from Reactive Micro. In the meantime I guess I'll use KEGS to run GS software on my Mac. Unless there is some infitesimally small
chance that Sheppy, or someone else, can update Sweet 16. That is by far my favorite GS emulator. And, of course, there is Virtual II to run all
my standard Apple II software. Unless I dfig out the IIc+ with the FloppyEMU.
It is likely, then, that when the X2 capacitor failed, the momentary short caused the power supply’s fuse to blow—also easily replaced by someone willing and able to do it. So if you replace the power supply, try to get the failed one to someone who can repair it (and I don’t mean a full re-capping!).
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