Re: Power Supply Issues with IPX
From: Doug McIntyre (merlyn_at_geeks.org)
Date: 04/22/05
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Date: 22 Apr 2005 16:00:16 GMT
Spauldo da Hippie <abuse@real.com> writes:
>On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 01:56:15 -0500, Matthew Weigel wrote:
><snip>
>> If you're in the US, spare parts are just an ebay auction away ;-)
>Yes, I'm well aware (although I've figured IPX systems would probably be
>too old to find on ebay by now), but if there's a fuse or some component I
>can pick up at my local radio shack, I'd rather try that route first. My
>computer budget is being spent on VAX parts this month. If it comes down
>to getting another one on ebay, this thing is going to become trash.
Power supplies usually take alot of time to troubleshoot and fix.
Its rarely as simple as a fuse blowing. Much more likely is that some
of the electrolytic caps are drying out, and you need to replace the
bad ones. There's probably going to be dozens and dozens of them on
your power supply board. Ie. replacing the power supply with another
is going to save yourself lots of trips, soldering, troubleshooting,
etc, and almost always is the easiest course of action.
I was expecting many more up on eBay, but I guess there's only two IPXs up
for sale right now, first one for $1. Thats a pretty cheap repair
price (even counting the shipping which will be many times that :)
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