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Re: Profile gotchas
On Wednesday, 8 May 2013 19:47:51 UTC+1, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> Peter Ibbotson <pibbotson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've just moved into a new house, so now it's time to setup the retro
> > computer museum now I have space for stuff that's been in storage.
> >
> > I have an 5Mb profile drive that I'd like to fire up, I seem to remember
> > that if the power supply has bad caps this tends to also take out the analog board.
> >
> > So is there a recommended order for bringing Profiles back into use after
> > storage? i.e. should I disconnect the PSU portion of the profile, put
> > some load on and try powering up the PSU?
>
> This is an excellent procedure, since the power supply is the most likely
> location for electrical issues.
Sadly it all went horribly wrong... Smoke from the PSU I'll investigate properly at the weekend.
Peter