Re: IIe Problem - flashing power light!

[ralphp@prysm.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Burke!

In article <burke-2205962012340001@0.0.0.0>, burke@airmail.net (Burke
Squires) wrote:

> Hello all,
>    Please forgive my ignoracne, I have checked the FAQ, and all the
> manuals I have!
> 
>    I picked up a IIe a few weeks ago because it was not working. All the
> computer does is flash the power light on and off quickly. A warn boot
> causes the lights to change frequency but it soon returns to a constant
> flashing. I do not have a monitor hooked up to the computer, I do have a
> 80 col/mem expansion board and a disk II controller boar in slot 6!
> 
>    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
> 

        First off, does the light still blink with the Disk ][ Controller
Board (boar?  Naw, nowhere NEAR piggish! <B-) ) and/or the 80 column card
removed?  If so, I'd suspect a defective power supply (only provable by
exchange or load-testing ... if you've got another Apple ][, ][+, or //e,
exchange would be MUCH easier!).  If the light STOPS when the Disk ][
Interface Card is removed, then I'd suspect a blown Disk ][ I/F (seen that
from folks that plugged a drive in just wrong ... blows the driver switch
transistors on the card, shorting out the power supply - but not a dead
short!)

        Let us know what you find out!

        Ralph Phillips
        ralphp@prysm.net