Re: Oh dear... Smoke + IIe = bad

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

AndyX wrote:

>After all this chatter and discussion of IIe's and their nuances, I 
>decided to pull mine out of it's resting place and fire it up for a bit 
>of a nostalgia trip.
>
>I had it all running, booted and happily chattering away at one of my 
>old games from back then, when I smelled a burning smell...
>
>The ears pricked up and nose in the air I traced it back to where the 
>apple IIe was running (mind you, still running quite happily despite the 
>  plumes of smoke vomiting from it's power supply.)
>
>I've dissected the power supply to see What Went Wrong™. Looks like a 
>capacitor has shit itself.
>
>DAMN AND IT ONLY LASTED 19 YEARS!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!
>
>Here's pics:
>
>http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jmullett/Apple/NOOOO!_1.jpg
>
>http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jmullett/Apple/NOOOO!_2.jpg

This is not the "usual" problem, a failed electrolytic capacitor.

Your's is a 0.1 mf bypass capacitor--not too hard to find.  Just
make sure that the voltage rating is adequate.  A more typical
failure mode for these is a short, accompanied by a blown fuse.

You've already done the hard part--opening the power supply.  ;-)

Good luck!
-michael

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