On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:39:46AM +0200, Nicos Gollan wrote: > On Friday 07 June 2002 10:55, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > >[...] > > I doubt whether the dust could have caused it though - it still has > > the problem after a bit of cleaning. > > Don't say such things. A friend of mine had a failing harddisk... or so > he thought. Turned out that the problem was a bunch of dust in the PSU > that shorted a bit of the 12V rail. Dust can be fun. > > Anyway, did you try to measure resistance between some parts? Like the > battery and the case. Perhaps it's a board stand-off that has shifted > and shorts an obscure part of the board? I have to admit that I haven't measured the resistance (although I have a multimeter lying around somewhere). What amount of resistance should I expect on a good system? -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Where are the calculations that go with a calculated risk?
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