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Re: AC input shaky


Shawn W. McClintock
 

The PCB is the circuit board, a shortened term for Printed Circuit Board. As
for the jack, it should be a separate part that is attached to the PCB. it
may or may not be enclosed in plastic. Under where the jack is located, you
sill see two or three silver colored pads that correspond to the legs of the
jack, check these for secure attachment, also check to ensure the traces (if
its a green coated board, the lighter of the green colors) are not broken.
if anything is amiss, you can 1) repair the item yourself, or 2) take it to
a friend or shop who knows how to repair electronic equipment. in the case
of 1 above, you would need a light duty pencil type soldering iron of about
20-30 watts. if any traces are broken, you can scrape the coating off with a
sharp knife until you expose the copper. Then bridge the break with small
gauge wire, soldered on both sides of the break. You problem is more likely
to be at the pads for the jack though, and simply reheating them with a
soldering iron so that the connection is repaired should solve your problem.

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: akirarpg@... [mailto:akirarpg@...]
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 10:50 AM
To: Electronics_101@...
Subject: [Electronics_101] Re: AC input shaky


--- In Electronics_101@y..., Larry Hendry <hendrysr@y...> wrote:
I have to agree with Troy here as one of two possibilities. I
recently found this exact problem on one of my DC adapter plugs. The
solder connections at the PCB had broken and needed touch up. The
other failure point is the plug on the end of the cable. The
easiest
way to determine the problem is inside or outside before you open it
up is try another DC adapter. Be sure to use one of the same
voltage, and polarity connection, and something that meets the
minimum current capabilities too.
Larry Hendry
Sorry for the late response...I don't know what a PCB is. I opened
up the drum machine and it appears that the little jack for the DC
input (maybe that is the PCB?) is actually a part of the circuit
board. I have tried other adapters with this one, and all the
adapters that are finicky with my 606 work great on other equipment,
so I don't think that's the problem. My theory is that the problem
is in the actual hole where the end of the adapter cable goes, but I
don't know what's wrong with it or how to fix it. I could take a
picture of it if that would help you to figure out what's wrong.



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