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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A2000 Power Supply
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Date: 5 Mar 90 15:52:58 GMT
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In article <8249@pt.cs.cmu.edu> dpm@k.gp.cs.cmu.edu (David Maynard) writes:
>A friend of mine has an Amiga 2000 that stopped working a few weeks
>ago.  He also noticed that the fan appears to be broken (even when run
>from a different power supply).  Our guess is that the fan may have
>failed causing the power supply to fail.  Has anyone else seen such a
>failure?  Is it likely that the board is still okay?

A local service place had an A2000 come in with similar symptoms (no
power, fan not working).  They wound up replacing the fan, and the
power supply started acting normal.  I didn't work on it myself, so
this information is second hand.  You might have your friend try
disconnecting or replacing the fan (or try installing a similar load
for testing), it's cheaper then a replacement power supply!

> David P. Maynard (dpm@cs.cmu.edu)

-hans
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