Re: old PDP/DEC PSU hardware question
On 17/11/2019 20:28, Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk wrote: > I have a query out on VCFed, but I am not gettin gany interest. Neither did > my 2015 request on a similar topic - must be the wrong forum. > > Advice please: where is the best place to get some troubleshooting tips on > debugging a DIGITAL H7202B power supply? > I have 2 supplies that are giving me trouble. I am competent at digital > work, much less so on switch-mode and analogue > (555 is an analogue in my books!). I have variacs scopes, logic analysers, > voltmeters but no skill ;-( > > Any advice? H7202 sounds like PDP-11/84 or VAX-11/730. Either way the schematics are available on bitsavers: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/730/MP01270_11730_Engineering_Drawings_Apr82.pdf I have repaired one of these before but there's no guarantee you have the same fault. For me it was C30 at location D5 on sheet 2. This silver mica capacitor had become leaky which caused fusible resistor R49 to fail. This took out (what I'm going to call) the 'standby' power supply and without that nothing works. I would start by checking this 'standby' supply. With AC power applied you should get +14V and -14V as shown at location D2 on sheet 2 even when the main power supply outputs are off. Matt
Re: old PDP/DEC PSU hardware question
Do you mean h742? What system? On Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 3:29 PM Dr Iain Maoileoin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have a query out on VCFed, but I am not gettin gany interest. Neither > did my 2015 request on a similar topic - must be the wrong forum. > > Advice please: where is the best place to get some troubleshooting tips on > debugging a DIGITAL H7202B power supply? > I have 2 supplies that are giving me trouble. I am competent at digital > work, much less so on switch-mode and analogue > (555 is an analogue in my books!). I have variacs scopes, logic > analysers, voltmeters but no skill ;-( > > Any advice?
old PDP/DEC PSU hardware question
I have a query out on VCFed, but I am not gettin gany interest. Neither did my 2015 request on a similar topic - must be the wrong forum. Advice please: where is the best place to get some troubleshooting tips on debugging a DIGITAL H7202B power supply? I have 2 supplies that are giving me trouble. I am competent at digital work, much less so on switch-mode and analogue (555 is an analogue in my books!). I have variacs scopes, logic analysers, voltmeters but no skill ;-( Any advice?
