Re: Maybe I'm not as dumb as I thought . . .

> Yep!
>
> R29 is usually the indication that you've got a connector problem. Also
> a "popular" fix is just to solder some wires onto the board and splice
> around the connector.. I'm not advocating it (quite the opposite) but
> I've worked on more machines than I care to think about that have had
> that little tweak..

I'll go for supporting this, after seeing far too many AR2's go up in smoke,
somebody suggested this to me, and as far as i'm concerned, shorting the
pins is the best thing you can do (disabling the sense). It has saved no end
of fried edge connectors, and worrying plumes of smoke out of a cab..

In fact most AR2 boards i have gone to fix, i simply replace the 2n3055, and
short the pins, that is usually enough to revive any AR2..

> We just had a battlezone with that problem. A little tender loving care
> in cleaning/bending/rebuilding of the connector by Jeff got it working
> great.. (and just had to replace R29..)

yeah, sometimes can get away without replacing it at all if you are shorting
the pins (disabling the sense) ..

> Kurt

just my tuppence-worth of support :)

Andy

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Received on Tue Oct 17 04:38:45 2000