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curlypaul
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Re: Phihong power problems

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Now I've got continuity between all the outputs, that's not normal is it?

I cant see anything bridged that wasnt bridged before
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Re: Phihong power problems

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curlypaul wrote: 10 Jul 2021 23:25 Now I've got continuity between all the outputs, that's not normal is it?
If the caps are discharged they will measure as a short until they start to charge up. DMM's are no good, you need oldskool Avo type meters to test such things.
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Re: Phihong power problems

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exxos wrote: 11 Jul 2021 00:05
curlypaul wrote: 10 Jul 2021 23:25 Now I've got continuity between all the outputs, that's not normal is it?
If the caps are discharged they will measure as a short until they start to charge up. DMM's are no good, you need oldskool Avo type meters to test such things.
Good to know, thank you. I've been checking and re-checking the board against the pictures :)

Gutted I missed the post, eager to get these load resistors and find out if it's this or the motherboard
curlypaul
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Re: Phihong power problems

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exxos wrote: 11 Jul 2021 00:05
curlypaul wrote: 10 Jul 2021 23:25 Now I've got continuity between all the outputs, that's not normal is it?
If the caps are discharged they will measure as a short until they start to charge up. DMM's are no good, you need oldskool Avo type meters to test such things.
Alrighty, so got my resistors and all the things I need to plug them in an test them. PSU seems fine, 11.8 and 5.0, so seems this there might be a problem on the motherboard. I'll start inspecting that again later.

At least I know the psu isn't likely to damage it further, thank you for all your help.
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Re: Phihong power problems

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Success!

Well, hopefully. I went over the motherboard, cleaned a few places I'd missed, but didnt find any metallic debris, maybe it was those poor joints on the psu.

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