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Re: I made some smoke on A500...
« on: January 17, 2011, 11:49:52 AM »
I once allowed the MBS (magic blue smoke) escape from an A1200 once. It never worked again, either.

Once you let the MBS out, that's it.
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Re: I made some smoke on A500...
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 12:39:40 PM »
Yeah, what Ian said there is fair. It sort of depends how much MBS got out, and where it leaked from as to whether or not you should attempt a repair.

In my A1200's case, a freak short-circuit induced potential difference of 24 V (essentially between the +12V and -12V rails)  caused pretty much all the MBS to escape from yon delicate 5VDC parts.
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