Horrified — #13

Post #13 by tomlee59

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 - 00:08
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/horrified.18634/

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I plugged the power cord into the SE the whole way, completely fine. It would not turn on. I wiggled it. It made electrical sparky noises, and I flipped the power switch on again. It turned on then turned off then turned off then turned on. I wiggled it some more, and it stayed on. Confused as to why it would only turn on if the power cord was at a certain angle, I wiggled it some more to see if I could determine the angle. It seemed to be random. I wiggled it even more, and it tripped the breaker.
What happened?

Either the cord has an intermittent, or the socket on the analog board does. Inspect the socket to see if the pins are tarnished. If they look fine, try a different cord in order to isolate the problem. If you still get intermittent behavior, open up the SE. It's likely then that you'll see that one of the terminals has worked loose from the board. Fix that, and the sparkiness will likely go away.