Clark, with all due respect then why do Pina et al point to low voltage as a culprit to prevent frying the analogue board? In fact they make quite a stink about making sure all of your voltages are in adjustment, especially after adding ANY load, no matter how small.
I have personally seen stuff burn out after adding only a slight load, merely inserting a floppy for instance. In theory the unit is supposed to reset if the voltage gets too low, but if the system is already borderline and the components failing, it would not take much to push them over the edge, no? Even the time for the Mac to reset. And doesn't resetting draw power? And all it takes to fry the video circuitry is the failure of one tiny overtaxed part. Also, we don't know exactly what happened to his Plus. Perhaps it is the video circuity. Perhaps it was a cracked joint that was further damaged when he removed the bucket. WIthout that info it's hard to say exactly what happened. On Apr 28, 11:27 am, Clark Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > No, if the voltage setting is a little low and you add some RAM the > voltage will only get slightly lower, it won't fry the video circuitry. > If the +5 gets low enough it triggers an under voltage protection > circuit which forces a reset. > -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
