Forget sasquatch and chubacabra, CDTV-II is here!! (IT WORKS!!)

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DJBase wrote:
Electrolyte looks a bit different and those types of capacitors doesn't leak unless they are explode.

I don't know about that. I have a Televideo TS-803H that didn't work and had leaky capacitors that looks just like that. I re-capped the whole thing, which took many, many hours, and it works like a champ now.

If not electrolyte, what is it? Glue?

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I guess it is glue..

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Inside this PS the leads are marked +5V, -12V etc. The green is marked CK and brown is marked SF. What the heck is SF and CK :-? CK shows ~2vdc AND 2vac on a MM. SF shows nada.

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Reseated all chips and cleaned CD rom connector and reseated it. Booting up again!

Stay  tuned.

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Ok, so far it is struggling to load anything from CD. Maybe the CD head needs cleaned. However I loaded and played a couple games no problem using the built in floppy drive.

Testing will continue tomorrow.

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Lorraine wrote:
Any more luck with this little gem Red?

Testing the power supply with a multimeter the +5VDC, +12VDC and -12VDC all seem rock solid. This unit is now starting up without problem. I can load and play games with the built in floppy drive, but the CD drive is choking. I am going to try cleaning the CD drive head, but I suspect it may need aligned.

All in all, I expect she will be on eBay here soon. :-(