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Claude
As mentioned in another thread, I had an issue with no sound on my FT after having it sitting unused for ~4 years.
Anyway, as part of the diagnosis of the issue I decided to try and get a line level audio out following the instructions on the pinrepair guide which was going well. To cut a long story short, after re-installing the sound board to test line level out and switching the pin back on the machine is dead and my power circuit is tripping at the switch board.
I am not 100% certain, but I suspect I may have plugged the data cable that loops from J601 (Dot Matrix), J903 (fliptronic), J202 (CPU) & J506 (Sound Board) incorrectly on J506 so that I missed the left column of pins and plugged the left column of pins on the cable to the right column of pins on the board. So all odd pins on the cable connected to even pins on the board. Very embarrassed to actually admit this especially given I've used these types of cables and connectors on all sorts of devices for over 20 years and don't think I've ever done this before. I should have had better lighting when working on the machine and I was standing on the right of the machine and visibility of the connector behind the cable wasn't great.
Not too sure this caused the problem but can't think of anything else that may have.
The main fuse in the line filter box was blown (was only a 3A S.B. instead of 5A S.B. as stated on the box) as well as F902 (3A S.B) on the Fliptronic board. Have replaced both of these with 5A and 3A respectively.
Haven't tested much else but just wondering if anyone has heard of someone else being as stupid as me and if so, what is likely to be damaged?
Also, when I opened the line filter box I found a 2 inch length of loose grounding braid which was a worry as it could have easily shorted across the 240v terminals. Don't know how it got there.
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