[Info-vax] MIcrovax 3100-98

[Scott Dorsey]

Michael Moroney <moroney at world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote:
>"Michael Kraemer @ home" <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
>
>>Dave Froble wrote:
>
>>> Then there was the AlphaStation 200 power supplies.  Dropped like flies.
>
>>does a cure exist? except calling DEC service?
>
>I replaced the power supply in one with a slightly modified (replaced board
>connectors) PC power supply. Worked great.

What fails in the AlphaStation supplies are mostly the output decoupling
capacitors.  Just shotgun all the capacitors out with Panasonic 105C types
and they'll work for decades more.

Sometimes there is collateral damage but not too often.
--scott
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