I'll tear it open this weekend and give it a look. I did swap to a full '040 back in the late 90's and have loved this machine since then. This begs the question.. What is your Hangup with the performa 63x series? They are a hell of a lot better in my opinion than the 62xx/63xx series that replaced them, in my opinion at least.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 12, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Veneficus <venefi...@bredband.net> wrote: > >> On 2014-09-12 12:54 , Robert Hesson wrote: >> >> I went to use my trusty old friend last night and when I pressed the >> power key on the keyboard I got nothing. I pushed the power button on >> the back of the mac and I get a 1/4 second flash from the status >> light. It looks to me the power supply has tanked. Anyone ever >> successfully rebuild one? I didn't see any on eBay.... > > Usually it is one particular resistor, I think R44 if I recall > correctly, typically of green colour and easy to spot, that burns out in > the 63x power supplies. I've seen lots of those, and they always go in > the same way, although there are some variants of the power supply that > are not affected (different layout). > > Usually the board is already badly charred around that spot when the > power supply gives in, and I've never found it worthwhile to repair one > since I've had spares (and I never liked the 63x that much anyway). But > I assume that it should not be very complicated to do a bit of re-wiring > around that spot. Give it a try. > > > Cheers, > > Mikael > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
