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| From | Hanno Foest <hurga-news2@tigress.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.sinclair |
| Subject | Re: VTX5000 modems |
| Date | 2013-06-03 01:47 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <b123stF3ha0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <kkh2ph$d37$1@dont-email.me> |
Am 15.04.2013 16:30, schrieb Brian Gaff > I have not forgotten these. the sad fact is that I've now run up a few of > these and not one of them has powered up successfully. All make a nasty phut > noise and a little crack and then lock up the speccy. The source of a > noxious smell has been traced to a tiny tantalum 'bag of resin' type > capaacitor which is across a supply rail on the edge connector inside the > box. Haven't seen any followup to this. The capacitor issue should be easy to fix, even if there are others of the same kind. Do you still have the defective modems? Hanno
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VTX5000 modems "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-15 15:30 +0100 Re: VTX5000 modems "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-16 08:57 +0100 Re: VTX5000 modems Hanno Foest <hurga-news2@tigress.com> - 2013-06-03 01:47 +0200
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