One remark: i drew up the TOP223 as a simple transistor, but of course I'm not sure that's what it is. It's a 3-legged TO-220 housing which reads H143 TOP223Y 162968 So it's not the 4-legged fairchild TOP223Y. Any ideas what it might be exactly? kind regards, Stefaan Van Slycken Van Slycken Elektro - Waasmunster, Belgium. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefaan Van Slycken" <vanslycken@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: [TechAssist] need help w/DVD Player SMPS Hi. I drew up the SMPS schematic from a Terratec DVD player, but I've found these "stand-alone" SMPS in more than one cheap DVD player (mostly these have a "computer-like" DVD player unit, one with a standard SCSI cable and the typical PC power supply cable). You can find this schematic at http://users.pandora.be/vanslycken/dvdvoeding.bmp - it's about 200k. I hope it's a bit legible. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS UNIT is that it tries to start over and over again, a couple of caps on the secondary were blewn and there was a bad contact on a diode on the primary side (indicated with a (*) on the schematic). I suspect the problem is on the primary, I've tried taking out the +5V line diode, and it still does the same. It's in some kind of "burst mode", tries to start up with 1 second intervals. The +310V on the primary side capacitor is good too, and I measured every diode for shorts or opens, but they all seem OK. I'm out of ideas... I haven't been working on this kind of stuff without a service manual very long, so I'd appreciate any help. kind regards, Stefaan Van Slycken Van Slycken Elektro - Waasmunster, Belgium. **************************************************************************** * Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/