Possibly Bricked PB180

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Possibly Bricked PB180

Earlier today, I had it open while I was inspecting the power connector, which is slightly corroded. When I put it all back toghether, and powered it on, I was greeted by a loud "scrunch" like noise from the speaker, and a momentary flicker of the screen. Then it turned off.

I opened it back up, made sure everything was connected ok, then hooked it all toghether. Now, every time I boot it up, I see an image just like this - http://john8520.pweb.info/180screen.png

I hear no noise of the HDD or FDD spinning up, and nothing from the speaker. Did I really manage to totally kill it?

Any Ideas?

Thanks,

John

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shorts?

It could be something not sitting right after being put back together.

If you haven't already done so, I'd recommend taking it apart again and double-check connectors and placement as it goes back together.

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Alright, I'll look over the c

Alright, I'll look over the case and boards for shorts. I sure hope I can fix this thing!

John

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Fixed It

Well, after a long time of poking around and testing, I found ou tthat one of the spacers for the daughtercard was being bad. Removing it fixes everything.

John

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