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Post #5 by CC_333
Source ForumHelp Reviving a Dead Classic II? — #5
CategoryHardware
Post DateWed, 23 May 2012 - 06:37
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/help-reviving-a-dead-classic-ii.25413/
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More thoughts/observations...

It's a given that the logic board needs recapping, however...

...Upon further inspection, I suspect that the power supply area of the analog board needs a recap job as well. The symptoms seem to fit with a lack of voltage, which is most probably caused by a bad capacitor or two (or three? or four?) somewhere in the power supply. I suspect that the CRT-driving area is okay because I get a relatively good, overall undistorted picture, with good vertical/horizontal action, although it is a bit on the dim side and slightly shrunken (which makes sense if there's not enough voltage, which wouldn't necessarily be caused by anything in the CRT-driving circuits).

I want to be strategic about this; I want to keep parts orders to a minimum for now by doing a minimal recap. Does anybody know which capacitors (and of what values) are most likely to cause this problem so I can replace just those?

Thank you,

c

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