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From: steph@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Stephen Sakamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: $300 Mac II ADB fuse repair
Message-ID: <20086@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Date: 2 Feb 89 17:35:19 GMT
References: <11984@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <76000341@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <87923@sun.uucp> <6574@polya.Stanford.EDU>
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>In article <87923@sun.uucp> fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) writes:
>>In article <76000341@p.cs.uiuc.edu>, gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
 
>>> Why does Apple do this sort of stuff?
>>> -- Why would anyone solder a fuse to a circuit board?
>>> -- Why would anyone solder a battery to a circuit board?


In article <6574@polya.Stanford.EDU> kaufman@polya.Stanford.EDU writes:

>The REAL question, not yet answered, is why anyone would charge $300 to solder
>in a new fuse!

>It's not much of a repair organization that can only swap whole boards to
>replace a bad component.

Yes, but, it allows Apple to get field repairs done by people without a lot
of technical knowledge. I have gone thru service certification and you would
be amazed at who can pass. Actually its kind of scary.

I have been rebuilding our LaserWriters and have 4 that are pushing 200,000 
copies and one that is past 300,00 and humming along. Have done my fair share
of Mac power supply repairs too.   Shhh...Don't tell Apple.  :-)) 

Stephen Sakamoto 
UCLA Computer Science Department
steph@cs.ucla.edu