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From: Darco <rquat@datasys.net>
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Subject: Re: Dead Yaroze :P
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 14:39:18 -0400
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William Atkin wrote:
> 
> Hey Yaroze People....
> 
> I'm in a bit of a bind with my Yaroze here.  I am registered as an
> American member to the Yaroze program, but right now I'm studying games
> in the UK.  Of course I brought my Yaroze to the UK to use it for
> projects.  Unfortunately, I bought a Sh*tty converter and it blew one of
> the capacitors on the power circuit board.  I asked the UK support
> people about it and they said tough luck... talk to the American support
> people.
> 
> Anyone know who I should get in touch with about getting a replacment
> part.  Since that horrible occurrence I have invested in an industrial
> strength converter so a new 110v board will be fine, but since I will be
> here for quite a while I don't mind switching over  to 220v.
> 
> Help, I am without my Yaroze and it Sucks!!!!

If you are really in a bind, you can buy a european playstation and
replace the power suply yourself. It should be a relitively simple
operation, the power supply should be modular. However, this wastes
$129... And Sony probably wouldn't like you doing this anyway. But it
should work. Then again... Different models might have different
motherboard voltage requirements... I don't think this is the case
though, but don't sue me if you try this and you fry your motherboard. 

Are you sure it was a capacitors and not the fuse?

'Darco