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    SE FDHD no power

    Yep, those are the videos I’m using for the analog board recap as well. Love the pre made lists.
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    SE FDHD no power

    So I tried turning it on, and it’s dead again lol. I did try wiggling the switch, tapping it, on and off slowly, no difference. What is did notice though is that if I hold the switch in the middle and just go back and forth, I can hear a little electrical crack when I pass the point of contact...
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    SE FDHD no power

    Yeah I thought it was odd that nothing would come on at all. It does still have the original 20 Mb hdd, it wasn’t spinning up either. My knowledge of electrical components is scarce, but don’t capacitors get “charged up” so to speak? Wonder if the delay sometimes is a capacitor failing to charge...
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    SE FDHD no power

    Today I put everything back in the case and turned it on, nothing still. Went I went to turn the power button off, I heard a quick beep. Intrigued, I powered it on again and it came on! I shut it down, and now when powering it back on it took a few seconds before actually doing anything. Any...
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    SE FDHD no power

    Hi all, First post here. I have an SE FDHD that I got for 35 bucks off of a person on Craig's list. I got it about a year ago, and up until this morning it has worked fine every time I turned it on. When I got it I first checked for any leaking capacitors, and removed the old battery that was...
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