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Re: Apple ///: burned Power Supply
- Subject: Re: Apple ///: burned Power Supply
- From: James Littlejohn <narguthru@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:39:55 -0800 (PST)
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On Jan 24, 7:17 am, Jerome Vernet <vernet.jeromePASDES...@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today, I powered on my two Apple ///, essentialy to take pictures of
> them, to sell one on eBay (the older one, very first version on Apple ///).
>
> Both of them boot, then, sudenly, the power supply of the oldest made a
> crack noise, with a big smoke :(.
>
> It still work some second making cracks and smoke, before I shut down
> the power on the wall.
>
> Here is a picture of the smoked componant:
>
> http://membres.lycos.fr/jvernet/Apple3PS/Apple3PS.html
>
> See on the page the video: I was testing it with a testing software that
> was speaking "Machine OK". Then, it blew up ;)
>
> What can I do ?
>
> --
> -----
> Jerome Vernet
> Petite Collection de vieux microshttp://perso.orange.fr/jerome.vernet/
Simply replace the capacitor. The same thing happened to my Apple
III.
http://8bitsystem.com/Apple%20III/