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From: melton@mcnc.org (Matthew Stickles Melton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: IDeas for a Sick ST?
Keywords: sick
Message-ID: <2797@speedy.mcnc.org>
Date: 5 Feb 91 19:35:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: speedy.2797
Organization: MCNC; RTP, NC
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My ST after three years of constant (literally) service has finally let me
down.  When I turn it on the power light is dimmer than usual, the monitor
goes to a sickly hue, and it sits there.  The internal disk read indicator 
light is on as well, and also dimmer than usual.  I at first suspected the
disk drive of being burned, but have eliminated that option by substitution
inside a working ST.

I now suspect the power supply.  I am an electrical engineer, but have very
little desire to fix a power supply since it is analog in nature.
But, I also am not going to mail it too Atari or some other fix-it house
and pay them several hundred $$$$ to fix it (the going rate).  I will screw
it up myself before I do that.  

Has anyone had this experience before, or have an ideas?

Matt Melton
melton@mcnc.org
"Absolutely nothing is impossible, but most things aren't worth the trouble"