WHERE IS THE SCSI FUSE

TRYIN 2 REPLACE MY 2000XL SCSI FUSE AND I CANT SEE IT NO WHERE ONCE I OPENED IT UP. AND ALSO WHAT FUSE DO I NEED.

I havent seen peeps replyin to this post so try & get the fault diagnosed by a specialist service center or call them 4 advice if u really stuck.


Gud luck.

Any progress with this?

MPC2000xl service manual in the 'MPC OS & MAnuals' link at the top of the forum, it should be listed in there somewhere. It's not user replaceable though, requires soldering I believe.

..........In the scsi fuse holder?



oh wait....


............IN THE SCSI FUSE HOLDER?

(am I typing big enough)

...no it isn`t. there`s no scsi fuse holder. it`s just a little black fuse soldered to the board. next to the where the connector is soldered to the board.

jonestown massacre wrote:..........In the scsi fuse holder?



oh wait....


............IN THE SCSI FUSE HOLDER?

(am I typing big enough)

Well......so you have to solder in a new fuse if it gets blown????



I don't






peace

globalhoops1 wrote:Any progress with this?

You know this is a 5 year old thread, right???

that`s how my board is looking...on the right, little black named FS1, right

yes

peace

EDIT: my original post had misleading information, I've since found problems with not having proper termination, in short: yes you need to replace the fuse!

I guess what would make it hard to find the fuse is that its not the glass canister type used for the power section. As peter and max posted pictures of, It's the black thing labelled FS1 on the circuit board. And it would be a good idea to follow their idea and solder a fuse holder in case you ever have to replace it again.

The manufacturer part number is NTE15023E, and you can get them at newark.com or mouser.com et cetera almost any online electronic parts distributor. I doubt you can find it at radioshack or computer stores.

For further reading
http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/akaifaq_scsi_fuse.htm
I'm not sure if this link works but you might copy paste or google "akai scsi FAQ digidude" http://akaiscsifaq.digidude.net/

the link you posted, seems to be dead. by the way, the pic, I posted was a 2000 classick board...

Maxillaa wrote:the link you posted, seems to be dead. by the way, the pic, I posted was a 2000 classick board...

you're right! Admittedly I hadn't even looked at mine because I was convinced I didn't need to bother. But recently I'm having lots of trouble saving on my scsi drive! I googled "common scsi problems," it seems proper termination is necessary for both ends, so unless it's something major I think it will be the fuse, Ill report back after I replace it today, then ill try to edit my other post to resolve any confusion

How I wish I didn't open my mouth before ( but didn't I mention how I'm slow? )

okay I just finished soldering the fuse in there, saving and loading SCSI port works flawlessly now. I hope I don't have to keep doing this though. If you go to the digidude site he has an idea for an alternate fuse, this one looks more like a tantalum capacitor. It's supposed to never blow out while still providing circuit breaks when you need it. I might invest if I continue to break the fuses.