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Re: burned and crashy
- Subject: Re: burned and crashy
- From: warnken@mother.com
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:16:41 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: WebUseNet Corp. http://corp.webusenet.com - ReInventing the UseNet
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Allen wrote:
>Sounds like a power-supply problem. Some of the electrolytic
>capacitors in the PS are leaking, I guess. If the IIgs had been
>left unused for a long time, this could happen. Try to get
>another PS to confirm.
>The unstabilities could be due to the cable size between the PS
>and the MB were too small. I remember reading in the FAQ that
>you have to thicken the cables as you are having so many cards
>in the slots.
I thought of that. I didn't mention that I also replaced the power
supply with a Buggie after it burned. That removes the heat of the
ps from inside the box and it has extra heavy wires to the cpu. So
don't think it's that.
Sandy