Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!zodiac!pdel From: pdel@zodiac.ADS.COM (Peter Delevoryas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Power supply failure on 2.5 Meg Mac Plus Keywords: power supply, failure, RAM, Mac Message-ID: <11026@zodiac.ADS.COM> Date: 27 Feb 90 02:08:34 GMT References: <1244@m3.mfci.UUCP> Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 19 To: siritzky@mfci.ads.com Subject: Re: Power supply failure on 2.5 Meg Mac Plus Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware In-Reply-To: <1244@m3.mfci.UUCP> Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Cc: In article <1244@m3.mfci.UUCP> you write: >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. Oh, no, I just installed 2 meg into my Plus, and have 2 more meg coming in the mail! Q: how soon after you put in the simms did the screen die? And how much did it cost to fix? I've heard about these power supply problems, but never did hear whether it could be fixed *cheaply*. Peter D.