If there is no physical damage like black burns from lightning there is really no way to tell as far as I know. I see several things every year the customer said was hit by lightning but on the boards I see nothing even though the lets say fet is shorted. Shaun Advanced Electronics Fort Morgan, CO 80701 satguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:58 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Toshiba DVD/VCR Deck - Dead After Storm > This unit was manufactured November 2004. If the customer brings this to > an authorized Toshiba shop will it be repaired under warranty or will > the shop know the SMPS (and whatever else) was damaged by a power surge > rendering the warranty null and void? Does it matter how the damage > occurred while under warranty? I know there is the obvious, i.e. peanut > butter sandwich inside. Does anyone have access to the above schematic, > if it's available please send it along. BTW SMPS is dead; I mean really > dead, there are no pulses at the gate of FET, nothing. I hate SMPS's, it > seems that's all I do lately. > > David Lessard > Mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Alexandria, Ontario, Canada > K0C-1A0 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/