Date   : Sat, 18 Dec 2004 13:19:08 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: MDFS has died

On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 23:32 +0000, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> Luckily, I've just bought a second MDFS - thanks Chris!
> I tried swapping its fuse into my main MDFS, but it blew,
> suggesting a power supply fault rather than a transient
> surge on the mains. I've run out of internal fuses, so
> once I've bought some replacements, I'll swap the MDFS's
> hard drive into the replacement MDFS. Please bear with me!
>  
> Grrr... I'm a hardware user, not a hardware repairer...

Disconnect the PSU and check the boards for shorts - chances are it's
the PSU that's gone up the spout though. Check the bridge / chopper
transistors / filter caps for shorts as those are probably the most
likely culprits.

cheers

Jules