Swollen capacitors or ones with a little volcano hole are a clue, but there may be other components that have been stressed but are not yet dead and now have a shortened life-expectancy. Had this problem with my iMac. Died 3 days after the smoke alert.Best of luck! Martin G8BHC
2009/2/17 Dave Ackrill <[email protected]> > Jim Palfreyman wrote: > > > Has anyone else had this problem? > > The PSU that came with my Thunderbolt was DOA as well, like yours there > was the characteristic smell of burnt electronics when I opened it up. > > I was lucky, I managed to get an almost exact replacement at a local > electronics shop and, having looked at my dead PSU, I would suggest that > repairing the dead one might be a bit of a problem. Even if you work > out the resistor value you have to wonder what caused that amount of > current to flow though it? My guess would be that something else went > short circuit and replacing whatever it was might be more trouble than > buying a new PSU... > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Martin Richmond-Hardy _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
