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From: mrharrison@lion.waterloo.edu (Mike Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: GS Internal Speaker Woes
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Date: 28 Jun 90 17:07:09 GMT
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Well, this morning I was reading news, when I heard this "pop!" and smelt
the tell-tale smell of electronics burning, accompanied by my internal
speaker suddenly start sounding like TV's sound when the
cable's off the air. So I went "Arrghh!" and shut down the computer,
opened it up, and made sure nothing was burning. It wasn't, thankfully.
It seems that something in my internal speaker blew out. It still produces
sound (and I ran a self-test which still says "System Good") but you hear
that other sound over top the regular sound. This goes away when I hook
up external speakers through the headphone jack. 
  So I have a couple of questions: 1) Has this happened to any other GS
users, and if so, how much did it cost to get the speaker fixed/replaced?

2) It is alright if I keep using the computer with external speakers, or
   will I be running a risk that the internal speaker will catch on fire
   and blow something else out? It's really not practical for me to
   get it fixed until September. Does the speaker still receive power
   when the headphone jack is being used?

Mike
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