Re: Happy Birthday Apple IIGS!

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Sep 15, 10:01 pm, limtc <thyech...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know - Ding Wen is playing Arkanoid and there is smoke coming
> out! And it got a burning smell... we dare not use it again, switch it
> off and replace it with the much older ROM 1 GS - which is still
> working.
>
> On 9月15日, 下午7时18分, "Polymorph" <polymo...@a2central.com.remove-f3q-
>
> this> wrote:
> >   To: limtc
>
> > Oh dear! What happened to your ROM 3?   :-(
>
> > Cheers,
> > Mike

I replied last night, but it seems to have gone AWOL...  Anyway, the
problem sounds like one of the capacitors in your power supply has
fried itself - more than likely the main bypass capacitor. I have had
to fix two //e power supplies with exactly the same problem. It is
fairly common for this to happen with aging capacitors that have seen
no use for a long period of time.

The good news is that it is a fairly simple procedure to fix for
anyone with a modest amount of soldering skill. You just need to find
the burnt out capacitor (which is easy to do as it will most probably
have burst) and replace it with a new one. As I mentioned before, I've
had to do this for two //e power supplies (one of which has been
driving my daughters IIgs in a //e case for the last couple of years).

Henry of GSE-Reactive should be able to fix it. Or maybe Bill Garber
or Garberstreet Enterprises.

BTW, you should be able to swap the power supply from your ROM 1 into
your ROM 3 if you so wish.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Mike