[comp.sys.amiga.hardware] death by 2091

commike@procyon.cs.buffalo.edu (Alan Commike ) (03/21/90)

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Well i finally got my 2091 today, over two months wait for it to be shipped.
I got it all hooked up, even screwed the top back on, and NOTHING!

Looks like the power supply is dead :(

I know just enough electronics to be dangerous. I checked one of the power
leads that is supposed to be hooked up to the new hardrive. On the 5V side
i get almost up to 5V in about a second and then it goes dead. On the 12V
side it barely makes it up to 1V and less than a second dies...

The question is how can i be sure it's the power supply? If it is, does the
whole thing have to be replaced? I'm at a large university with lots of
resources (both people and equipment), are these things fixable? 
Is the a 3rd party company that sells plug and go power supplies? 
I would rather not do a bunch of splicing, but if it'll save me lots of money...

Thanks for any help. 

And yes, the first thing i did was take out the card, and unplug the drive.

	...alan

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