Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!throoph From: throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Henry Throop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple II/GS Died ... Message-ID: <12111@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 16 Aug 89 06:06:26 GMT References: <195@fjcp60.GOV> <5020003@hplsla.HP.COM> Reply-To: throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU.UUCP (Henry Throop) Organization: Oregon State University - CS - Corvallis Oregon Lines: 22 In article <5020003@hplsla.HP.COM> billh@hplsla.HP.COM (Bill Harris) writes: [....] >Oh yes, I asked, and the repair person said that they have had very few >defective IIGS power supplies. > >Bill Harris > I had on go bad on me - no system errors, but a 'clicking' coming from the power supply every time a character was printed to the text screen. Real annoying. My dealer had not heard of this before, but replacing the power supply (under warranty) fixed the problem. Interestingly, I read a few months later that this is actually normal (according to Apple) and a by-product of the switching design. Incidently, the power supply ws not the only thing to go bad on me - I also sent through 3 motherboards, 2 keyboard, 2 monitors, and 3 disk drives before I got everything working. Henry Internet: throoph@jacobs.cs.orst.edu