Re: Apple ][ Europlus - power supply problem...

[scott@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)]

In article <1173388632.999787.184800@q40g2000cwq.googlegroups.com>,
myoldmac.net <usenet@myoldmac.net> wrote:
>A Language Card is installed on Slot 1 and connected
>to a port on the logic board by cable.

Language cards normally go in slot 0.  I don't know if software written for a
64K system would find the extra memory if the card is in another slot.

>Everything looks nice and clean but if I try to power up the Apple ]
>[ the power supply simply gives a monotone
>"zip...zip...zip...zip...zip..." sound (not loud but remarkable).
>Nothing happens. There is sadly no LED on the logic board to see if it
>becomes power.
>
>I talked to the former owner and he says he used the Apple ][ to the
>last day of his ownership and I believe him - the photo tells the same
>story.
>
>Does anyone have an idea what this could be?

I posted a month or so ago about what I ended up doing to fix a IIe power
supply; there was an electrolytic capacitor that someone else had observed
tends to go bad because it was operated near its working-voltage spec. 
Maybe this will work:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.apple2/msg/d31c8246e84b0eca

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