Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!apple!olivea!tymix!tardis!jms From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga 2000 Power supply problem Summary: Check the fan. Message-ID: <1307@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Date: 26 Oct 90 06:01:44 GMT References: Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) Organization: BT Tymnet, San Jose, CA Lines: 17 In article hinker@acl.lanl.gov writes: >a sudden the machine just went dead. Now when I turn it on, the power light >comes on and the disk drives start to spin up and then it shuts off. Like >a breaker going out. The lights only stay on maybe a second and then nothing. That is the exact description of a burned out fan. I know, I had to replace the fan on my A2000. If the power supply detects that the fan is not drawing any current, it shuts down. Watch the fan as you turn on the power. If it does not rev up to full speed in that first half second, you have located your problem. (You can verify this by unplugging the fan from the power supply and checking the fan's continuity with an ohm meter.) -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | SMTP: jms@tardis.tymnet.com or jms@gemini.tymnet.com BT Tymnet Tech Services | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!tardis!jms PO Box 49019, MS-C41 | BIX: smithjoe | 12 PDP-10s still running! "POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | humorous dislaimer: "My Amiga 3000 speaks for me."