Re: Computer repair due to incorrect voltage set
- From: Bill Jeffrey <wjeffreyAT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:05:21 -0700
I'm surprised that this hurt anything. If you plugged it into 110, but set the switch to 220, then the power supply was seeing only half of the primary (i.e., input) voltage it was expecting. Because of this, it was probably unable to produce the proper secondary voltages (5VDC, 12 VDC, etc) since the regulators ran out of headroom. But I wouldn't expect this to damage anything in the power supply. And I can't think of anything on the motherboard that would be hurt, either. I'm not as sure about the display's deflection circuitry, assuming you have a CRT monitor - but the display isn't powered through this switch.
With the switch correctly set, can you measure the power supply secondary voltages?
Interesting question. Please let us know what you find.
Bill =======================
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Hello,
I'm debating whether or not to try and fix a computer that was turned on and run for some period of time with the incorrect voltage set on the power supply (220V instead of 110V.) I'm guessing that incorrectly setting the input power on the supply causes a more or less standard effect on the computer, most likely mother board power regulation - anyone know what this effect is? Any help is greatly appreciated! I don't want to go down this path just to find out every part on the board is toast!
Thanks!
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