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Re: VECTOR: Maybe I'm not as dumb as I thought . . .


From: Christopher X. Candreva ( )
Date: Mon Oct 16 2000 - 22:57:51 CDT


On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Jon Raiford wrote:

> If everything was hooked up correctly and R29 fried, you have a contact
> problem on the edge connector. This is a very common problem. I think
> half of my AR2's have had R29 blown :)

Thanks. I'm assuming I'm looking for a contact that isn't making contact,
as opposed to a short ?

R29 connects +5 to +sense, parallel with a diode and a cap. I'm supposing
if +5 doesn't make contact, but sense does, all the current comes through
the sense pin and R29, frying it ?

-Chris

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