Bringing back a PVM-14M4U back to life using a hairdryer

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Analogized
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Re: Bringing back a PVM-14M4U back to life using a hairdryer

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tongshadow wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:41 pm
Analogized wrote: Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:22 pm You say the PSU was fine, and produced the voltages perfectly
When the cable to the main board (A Board) was disconnected, I got 15V. Like this:
https://i.imgur.com/qAOZ1Yo.jpeg

So when I used the same point as a reference, with the cable connected to the main board, I got lower voltages.

Maybe my post was a little confusing.
Ohhh ok! I’ll test it connected. Maybe that’s my issue. So the issue turned out to be something on the A board that lowered the voltage coming out of the G board?
Analogized
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Re: Bringing back a PVM-14M4U back to life using a hairdryer

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Ok, so I’m getting 14V with a load. Spec is 16 +/- 1V, so 1-2V below that.

Out of curiosity what was your load voltage after you got it working?
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Re: Bringing back a PVM-14M4U back to life using a hairdryer

Post by tongshadow »

Analogized wrote: Sat Sep 23, 2023 1:13 am Ok, so I’m getting 14V with a load. Spec is 16 +/- 1V, so 1-2V below that.

Out of curiosity what was your load voltage after you got it working?
DIdnt measure after the fix, but Im fairly sure it's supposed to be in-spec.
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