[iyonix-support] Re: Loud buzz !

  • From: Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:41:41 +0100

In message <ccd2c1be51.Tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Tim <Tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,

> My Iyo is emitting a loud buzz; it has been happening off and on since ?
> Christmas and is getting worse.

> I have taken the case off and the noise seems to be coming not (as I
> expected) fom the hard drive but from the box of gubbins at the top back ie
> where the power lead fits.

> I have cheked and the fan is moving; stopping it does not affect the noise.

> It is intermittent - leave the Iyo on and it can after a while, run
> silently.

> In short I fear something serious may be happening and would welcome any
> guidance

It sounds like a PSU on the way out.

Given the relatively small price of power supplies, and the messy 
possible consequences of a PSU failure, I'd be getting a new PSU on 
order. To ensure compatability I'd go to an Acorn dealer.

-- 
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nckc.org.uk/
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