Resistor value for v1.4 Picasso II board.

[rkauer]

 You can simply swap it for a 1 Watt resistor, so no more heating issues.

[rkauer]

BTW: a fast lesson for resistor (and capacitor) values:

 black  = 0
 brown  = 1
 red    = 2
 orange = 3
 yellow = 4
 green  = 5
 blue   = 6
 violet = 7
 gray   = 8
 white  = 9

 silver = divide by 10 (appears only in the 3rd and 4th ring)
 gold   = divide by 1 (means, keep the value)(the same)

 the two first colours are for value, the third is the scientific notation for 10 (ex: in a red, red, yellow, gold 2.2x10e4 = 22000, or 22k, with 5% tolerance), the fourth colour is the tolerance (10% if silver, 5% if gold, direct tolerance if other colour).

 Only 3 colours? Up to 20% tolerance of the printed value.

 Quarx, the resistor have the value altered by repeated heat issues.

[rkauer]

 Check all resistors in way of the video out. Maybe one cap died (unstable image is a clear sign of diyng caps).

 Check also mobo caps.

[rkauer]

57goldtop wrote:
After testing the card in my A4000 it worked.I also heard the clicking sound of the relays, never heard that before.

--zip--

Is there any good online reference material for troubleshooting & repairing an A3000 PSU ?

Cheers.

 I think the best choice is convert a peecee AT PSU. It's easy to do and only need to change a jumper on the A3000's motherboard (J300, IIRC) in order to get the internal "tick" signal instead of the orig PSU one.

 Plus you get an unexpensive replacement and a lot more power (peecee's PSUs are plenty of power).:idea:

[rkauer]

 There is various mini AT PSUs (baby PSU) around. Simply buy one. They fit perfectly inside the A3000D's case.