[iyonix-support] Re: Dead PSU

On 13 Aug, in article <7bd5be114f.tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message of 13 Aug, Alan Adams <alan.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:

[Snip]

> And now the verdict is that my power supply is definitely defective.
> What we do know is that the voltage is marginally low at 5.05 volts vs
> the required 5.06.  So it might be worth while your borrowing a digital
> voltmeter and checkign what your PSU is doing.

Bear in mind though, that while an out-of-spec voltage indicates a duff
PSU, an in-spec voltage does NOT necessarily mean that it is a good PSU!

I borrowed a reasonable digital DVM, which showed good voltages.
But my problems went away with a new PSU!

Martin

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Martin Avison      using a British Iyonix running RISC OS 5 
                   and the Pluto mail and newsreader
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