"Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com> wrote in message 7bb86685-510a-4d11-81a5-50b6e79293f8@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com">news:7bb86685-510a-4d11-81a5-50b6e79293f8@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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.
Love when my posts come up MIA, but what's worse, that, or triple posting. ;-)
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).
Being in the US, I find that a simple replacement of the entire PSU is the easiest, but, being in Japan, yours may be easier to replace the capacitor/s. Could be more than one. If you are not sure, take hi-res pics and I can help you to determine which one/s to start with.
Henry of GSE-Reactive should be able to fix it.
Ah, Mike, please, ReactiveMicro now. No more GSE-Reactive.
Or maybe Bill Garber of Garberstreet Enterprises.
And, Garberstreet Electronics is the new name. Thanks.
BTW, you should be able to swap the power supply from your ROM 1 into your ROM 3 if you so wish.
This probably should have been the first suggestion. ;-)
Bill Garber from GS-Electronics http://www.garberstreet.com"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered." (Edgar Allen Poe)