Well... I've been a proud owner of a C=128 for about 2 months now... Went to move the machine into another room and in the process dropped the power supply. The 'puter fired up for about 5 seconds then nada... Nothing... I've checked the fuse and it still seems to be OK. Now I guess I'll just tear the power supply apart and hopefully somehow fix it. Anyways... I'm hoping it's just the power supply...
What a piss off!!! :mad:
Sorry to hear about your power supply... If you aren't able to repair it, Eslapion can build you a NEW one if you're willing to pay for it. PM me if you need his contact info.
-Andrew
I had a similar problem with my old power supply. I thought it was a bad cord. Turns out the board inside had a minor crack. Try removing the board (unplugged of course) and flexing it while looking for a crack to appear. The crack might be obvious without any flexing.
Anyway, just scrape off the green coating to expose the copper of the board and bridge the gap with a very short wire and solder. Worked for me. Maybe that's all you need. Good luck!
I've got a cracked power supply board in my 1902A monitor. I 'fixed' it my putting stress on it with a cable tie. :)
The full story is here:
http://landover.no-ip.com/forums/index.php/topic,1146.0.html
Of course, you could just buy this one from Andrew:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-128-Power-Supply-TESTED_W0QQitemZ110237159240
Quote from: airship on March 29, 2008, 03:35 AMOf course, you could just buy this one from Andrew:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-128-Power-Supply-TESTED_W0QQitemZ110237159240
Oh yeah... You could do that, too... ;)
-Andrew