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Power connector in 1.2 is a bit precarious

Open reinauer opened this issue 5 years ago • 5 comments

I got the AmigaStore version of 1.2 and I died about 1000 deaths yesterday when I did a mainboard + daughterboard move and my machine would not turn on anymore. Turns out the power adapter is really close to the metal rail holding the daughterboard in place (and in my case, shorting it). See photos. I fixed it with kapton tape, but maybe it's possible to move the connector in future versions?

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reinauer avatar Jul 17 '20 22:07 reinauer

Yeah, I have the same issue. If the power connector could be moved down, it would be ideal. The metal rail shorts against the power connector (both front and back)

christopherpm avatar Mar 26 '23 21:03 christopherpm

oh! I see! will change it and upload the version! thanks for the update, for the current version you could solder 4 cables with a male connector to connect later to the PS.

Thanks for the feedback :)

arananet avatar Mar 27 '23 05:03 arananet

Yep, I just had the 12v line on one go up in smoke due to not spotting this problem after installing it.

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LinuxJedi avatar Aug 10 '23 16:08 LinuxJedi

sorry to hear that, i've updated the readme.md regarding this, it's actually not required, and as I comment, should be isolated.

arananet avatar Aug 11 '23 07:08 arananet

Yup, had thought I reported this at the beginning. I dont use this connector and leave it off on the builds I do.

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Yeah, I have the same issue. If the power connector could be moved down, it would be ideal. The metal rail shorts against the power connector (both front and back)

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Acill avatar Aug 18 '23 19:08 Acill