So I got an apple IIgs about two days ago and I got it all set up and running nicely. But yesterday when I was making disks for it disaster struck. here’s what happened:
I had the monitor off and the IIgs was on. There was three disk drives plugged in a chain (800k, 800k and a 5.25 dives) about five seconds before the power supply died I heard the IIgs trying to access the 5.25 disk drive it was a “clack clack clack” noise. Then in a cross between gears grinding and a really loud cap gun the power supply blew and the magic smoke began to come out.
I removed the power supply and got rid of it (couldn’t stand the smell). My question to the group is what caused it? I had a look at the IIgs board and it looks fine. There were two cards in it. An Apple memory expansion card and a clock card and I was using GSOS 3.1. What it the power supply or something more sinister.
I had the monitor off and the IIgs was on. There was three disk drives plugged in a chain (800k, 800k and a 5.25 dives) about five seconds before the power supply died I heard the IIgs trying to access the 5.25 disk drive it was a “clack clack clack” noise. Then in a cross between gears grinding and a really loud cap gun the power supply blew and the magic smoke began to come out.
I removed the power supply and got rid of it (couldn’t stand the smell). My question to the group is what caused it? I had a look at the IIgs board and it looks fine. There were two cards in it. An Apple memory expansion card and a clock card and I was using GSOS 3.1. What it the power supply or something more sinister.