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Title: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: MLew on January 17, 2010, 10:17:17 pm
So I replaced my monitor, it works great, but the two mains input wires in the cabinet dont have a connector on them to connect to the input on the monitor(they are just exposed wire)

Right, so as a quick fix, I put the wires in the respective slots on the monitor chassis to hold them in so I could temporarily play the game.  Well, while adjusting the monitor, the wires came loose and touched each other. There was a small spark from where the exposed wires touched and now nothing works.

The moniotr, jamma, speakers, nothing powers up. I am no electronics expert, can someone please tell me what I did?! ...and possibly how to fix it!
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: Savannan on January 17, 2010, 10:37:42 pm
see if you can see a buss fuse and check that
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: MLew on January 17, 2010, 11:08:37 pm
where would i look for that?
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: MLew on January 18, 2010, 08:07:27 am
Is it on the isolation transformer?
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: Malenko on January 18, 2010, 09:53:34 am
check the breaker in the house? its gotta be a breaker or a fuse unless you flat out killed everything.


An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: BobA on January 18, 2010, 09:59:22 am
Look for the fuse in an inline fuse holder on the AC wiring or maybe a block fuse holder.
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: FrizzleFried on January 18, 2010, 11:46:04 am
It's a fuse... i'm about 99.9% sure of it.  I've done it myself...
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: MLew on January 18, 2010, 01:02:31 pm
well, I found a 3A 250V fuse blown....I'm guessing thats the culprit.  I will post if it worked or not.  Thanks everyone for your help!
Title: Re: Think I made a boo-boo
Post by: MLew on January 19, 2010, 04:58:44 pm
Bingo! Replaced the fuse, and she powered right up! Thank you all for the input!  :applaud:

here is a pic of the fuse I changed
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c366/hrnn/fuse.jpg)