I thought I remembered you saying somewhere in this thread that replacing C6 fixed the problem, but then it reoccurred? Yes? And did you not have your large heat sink on the 7805 at that time that seemed to be causing its own issues? Now that you've remove it and if you've got another electrolytic this value you might give it a shot rather than throw in the towel. These clocks are problematic and C6 has always been the problem with the 3 I have. my $.02
On Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 7:16:42 AM UTC-7, Kiran Otter wrote: > > Niek, I don't see any problem with Q4, and it's been in there for 7+ > years. If the recommendation is to replace it, I can do that.. the bummer > is every time I need a cap or some other part, it costs a dollar plus > another $6 to ship it. > > Sture, let me know if there's a way to test the inductor (270UH) somehow. > Or of course, I can just replace it too. > > This is kind of reaching the point where I might ditch this board and buy > a new kit. I'd love to fix it, don't get me wrong, but I'm starting to > have doubts of it being resolved. > > Kiran > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7067fc27-1101-4fbf-b655-593fbb9b9c0f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.