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From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: tandy model 12 problems
Message-ID: <1990Nov28.024548.22977@bilver.uucp>
Date: 28 Nov 90 02:45:48 GMT
References: <1990Nov21.230715.7952@techbook.com>
Reply-To: bill@bilver.UUCP (Bill Vermillion)
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
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In article <1990Nov21.230715.7952@techbook.com> fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) writes:
>my model 12 has developed what seems to be a power supply problem...
> 
>one day i went to power up the machine, and all of the lights on the
>front (disk drive led, power on light, etc) began to flicker, and the
>power supply made a clicking noise.  modern troubleshooting techniques
>says this is the result of a short on one leg of the power supply, but
>the question is where is it??
> 

The power supply is kaput.  I have had this happen 3 times on 16's
and 6000s. 

It starts up, senses the problem, and shuts down, and does it all
over again.

I alayws just got a new PS. Na'tl part will sell them.   It's a
pain to get to though.


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