Date   : Sun, 26 Dec 2004 23:55:44 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: MDFS has died

Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 23:32 +0000, Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:
> > 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.
 
As soon as I took off the lid it was obvious what was wrong.
R3 completely burnt out! Swapping the PSUs worked. My spare
MDFS hasn't got the parity mod, so doesn't recognise large
hard drives, so I'm going to contact Design IT and see if
they still do the parity mod upgrade, and see if they'll fix
the PSU as well.
 
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