[ltp] Very dead looking R40

[Eben King]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Christopher Sawtell wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:46, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> > Not Linux related, but we have our fair share of hardware questions on
> > this list too. My R40 appears to have died totally.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > Is there anything else I can try? 
> Check that the power supply is working correctly.
> A voltmeter should see approximately 16 volts.
> The centre conductor in the plug is positive.
> 
> Too low a voltage would explain the non-working R40, otoh if the voltage is a 
> lot higher than 16 this could have damagee the machine.

Under load or unloaded?  Or is the supply regulated so it doesn't change 
much regardless of the load?

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