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Offline DoomMaster

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Re: A2000 300W BigFoot Power supply
« on: September 06, 2003, 09:12:33 AM »
The Bigfoot power supplies for the Amiga 2000 are JUNK!  Get an original 225 watt Amiga power supply.  They are much higher quality.  Just remove the top cover, blow out the dust with a can of compressed air, and replace the fan with a new fan from Japan, Germany, or England.  Getting a really good fan is VERY important!  If the fan ever goes bad, then the power supply will quickly over-heat and burn up.  The best power supply fans are made in Japan, Germany or England.  Check for any dark areas on the board, there should be none.  Check for puffy or fat caps.  If there are any, replace them with new caps.  Check for darkened resisters.  If any are darker then normal, replace them with new resisters.  Also, check the power ICs.  Make sure they are firmly secured to the heatsinks.  You may have to loosen them up, clean away the old heatsink compound and replace with new compound and tighten back up.  If these visual inspections pass, and you do blow out the dust and replace the fan, the power supply should last another 10+ years.     :-D
[color=FF0033]1 Amiga 2500 / 040, 2 Amiga 2000HDs, Atari Mega4 ST, Pentium 4 PC, Macintosh SE[/color]
 

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Re: A2000 300W BigFoot Power supply
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2003, 08:01:59 AM »
To tony23:

I call things what they are!  And I AM qualified to work on power supplies.  The 200 volt caps will not hurt you because there is not enough current, they may zap you one time, but that is all.  I did NOT "neglect" anything.  COMMON SENSE should tell people to unplug the power cord before working on a power supply!     :-P
[color=FF0033]1 Amiga 2500 / 040, 2 Amiga 2000HDs, Atari Mega4 ST, Pentium 4 PC, Macintosh SE[/color]
 

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Re: A2000 300W BigFoot Power supply
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2003, 04:52:24 AM »
Boy, you guys sure like to pick on me, don't you?!  Well, have fun.     :-D
[color=FF0033]1 Amiga 2500 / 040, 2 Amiga 2000HDs, Atari Mega4 ST, Pentium 4 PC, Macintosh SE[/color]