i've had that problem, though in a laserwriter (similar noise filters), the apple engineers were asleep and ignored the power dissipation limits for those filters, they run up to twice as hot as the manufacturer recommends, which causes their incredibly short life. let me look up the pinout latter, you can get by just soldering a jumper across each pair of pins from side to side excluding the ground pins possibly, though it shouldn't hurt to jumper those. ideally, it should be a resistor from side to side, but the only difference is in the electrical noise in the box which usually isn't too much of a problem from this simple bypass of one noise filter. on the i/o ports that go out of the machine, yes, you may be technically violating fcc regs, but it won't drive your neighbor crazy as they try to watch tv, if it does of course the fcc requires you fix it, as most electronics manuals now say you may even be forced to not use the device at fault. no problem, it's very uncommon for such a slight increase to cause problems, electronics put out significant signals despite filtering attempts, it's just an approval game to get it below legal limits, a little more or less makes no practical difference. considering it's apparently shorting out the power supply, you may have to remove it, but that doesn't require soldering. if you are going to jumper it, you can just use a fresh single edge (not the kind that have 2 sharp edges and WILL take your fingers with them) and slice the leads where they go into the package, then you can pull the part out leaving the pins. this would at least let you tell if that's really the problem or not. can you tell me the designation on the circuit board (i.e. f1, f2, or whatever they are calling those?) then i can look it up on the schematic.
dan_A wrote: > > -- > Hi Listers. -------- > Unfortunately when I was quite young my father, Polonius admonished > me: "Neither a Solderer Nor a Desolderer Be!" It was very impractical > advise and therefor I do not have the skills to remove that part even > if I could get a replacement. So the question is: is there another > option-get a replacement logic board? Anyone know where or have one? > I'll put a WTB on the Swap List. Anyone a great desolder/solder out > there who has the replacement part? I live in NYC. Any ideas > appreciated. The machine was working when I got it back in June or > July. It rapidly started to deteriorate with auto restarts every 10 > or 15 minutes to every minute. And now is probably on a permanent > restart. ------------- -- "Promise me, promise me this day, promise me now..." he asked. "Even as they strike you down, you will remember: humanity is not our enemy. The only thing worthy of you is compassion...Hatred will never let you face the beast in human beings. One day, when you face the beast alone, with your courage intact, your eyes kind...out of your smile will bloom a flower. and...on the long, rough road, the sun and the moon will continue to shine." Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
