Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mfci!siritzky
From: siritzky@mfci.UUCP (Brian Siritzky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Power supply failure on 2.5 Meg Mac Plus
Keywords: power supply, failure, RAM, Mac
Message-ID: <1244@m3.mfci.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 90 23:24:44 GMT
Reply-To: siritzky@mfci.UUCP ()
Organization: Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford Ct. 06405
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This weekend my MacPlus got very sick.  The symptom was that the
entire screen image was a thin vertical line down the center of the
screen.  It booted fine, just no image.   The machine was originally
at 512 which was upgraded to a Plus right after the Plus came out. 
Last year I added 2Meg of RAM, to give me 2.5Meg.  Okay, so here's the
thing:  when I took it to my local Mac-Repair-Doctor I said 
"I have a MacPlus with 2.5Meg RAM and ...", before I could
finish he said "Do you have a thin vertical line down the middle of the
screen?".  How did he know?  'Cos he's seen a lot of them. He says that 
the problem is with the power supply.   So, is the extra memory a problem 
for the power supply?  Am I going to have this problem again with my new
power supply, say when I upgrade to 4 Meg soon?   What is the solution?
(Please don't tell me to buy an SE or a II[ci], I'd love to but can't afford
one!)

	Thanks,

Brian Siritzky                         internet:    siritzky@Multiflow.com
Multiflow Computer, Inc.,              uucp: ..!{uunet,yale}!mfci!siritzky
31 Business Park Drive,                fax:                 (203) 483-1624
Branford, CT 06405, U.S.A.             voice:               (203) 488-6090
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Brian Siritzky                         internet:    siritzky@Multiflow.com
Multiflow Computer, Inc.,              uucp: ..!{uunet,yale}!mfci!siritzky
31 Business Park Drive,                fax:                 (203) 483-1624
Branford, CT 06405, U.S.A.             voice:               (203) 488-6090