Re: VECTOR: Star Wars CPU D3 short

Now that's a good idea.  Tie D3 to +5 volts and feel for the heat, correct?

Mark
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Swan 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:08 PM
  Subject: RE: VECTOR: Star Wars CPU D3 short


  Hi,

  One thing that has worked for me in the past with a bus line near short to ground is to tie it to the power rail and see what happens...

  Sometimes something gets hot. Sometimes it blows out and you're left with a traceable fault. Sometimes it blows out and is fixed...

  Regards,

  Paul.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Hooks
    Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 5:56 PM
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: VECTOR: Star Wars CPU D3 short


    I'm working on my backup boardset and I've spent hours trying to track down a short to ground on data line 3. Has anyone experienced this before?  If so, do you recall what part was causing it? The background is that I've tested all the socketed parts in a known good CPU. They all work fine, but the boardset doesn't pass the buss test using my 9010A. The sound and AVG board work fine too. Any suggestions on how to track this down would be appreciated.

    Mark Hooks