Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!phri!cmcl2!lanl!beta.lanl.gov!hinker From: hinker@acl.lanl.gov (Paul J. Hinker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: My A2000 power supply shuts itself off. Why? Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 19:51:10 GMT References: <2166.2752a2fc@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Sender: news@lanl.gov Reply-To: hinker@acl.lanl.gov Organization: Advanced Computing Lab, LANL, NM Lines: 38 In-reply-to: husted@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com's message of 27 Nov 90 22:31:40 GMT > It looks like my A2000 power supply died. ;-( >SYSTEM: > A2000 approx 2.5 years old with 3meg RAM,8088 bridge board hard disk >Problem: > I was using it for > 6 hours and all the sudden, it looked like it > turned itself off. The monitor was still on but the power LED and > fan and computer was off. I turned it off and let it set for 5 mins. > and turned it back on and it went quit a ways through the powerup > sequence but then turned itself off again. I turned it off, waited a > day and tried again it started to powerup but turned itself off again > during the powerup sequence. >QUESTION: > Is this a failure mode that anyone is familiar with? --Fear not, it may not be as bad as it seems. I was having similar problems with my A2000 and had resigned myself to buy a new power supply but posted here with a discription of the problem. That post saved me $200. From what I understand, the fan in the Amiga 2000 is prone to failure. When this happens, the power supply goes over voltage and shuts itself down. Change the fan ... Don't believe dealers who want to change your power supply ... This is a common problem. --Hope this helps, Paul -- Paul Hinker hinker@acl.lanl.gov /// If it works, it's not state-of-the-art MS B287 505-665-4531 /// --Hansen's Law Los Alamos National Labs ACL \\\/// All our stuff is broke Los Alamos, NM 87545 \XX/ --Forslund's Corollary