Re: [MiNT] CTPCI - be careful

[Jean-Luc CECCOLI <Jean-Luc.Ceccoli@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, 20 May 2010 20:46:30 -0400, Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.org> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,

Hello Mark,
>
> Tonight I fried at very least my falcon, CT60, and CTPCI.   I'm probably
> not going to do much over the summer.  I'm pretty disgusted with myself
> and the situation.  It actually caught on fire :(  What happened was I
> must not have bent the falcon mainboard connectors over far enough and
> one of them pierced the ribbon cable that goes from pci board to ctpci.
> The whole thing lit up like fireworks :(  I'm very very upset over this.
>
I sincerely feel for you in your grief. :-( You're very unlucky. :-(
Maybe Rodolphe can repair it... who knows ?
Just one thought though, as the power supply connector is no longer needed
when using a CT60, why not unsolder it ?
That's what I did awhile ago, as I fitted the CT60 on the MB.
That didn't prevent one of my boards to be shocked, but this was because of
overvoltage during a storm. :-/

Best regards,

J.-Luc