
Apple II Computer Info
Getting to the PS circuit board involves some work. After removing the
mounting bolts, you will have to scooch up the board in order to get to the
bottom side. This will be easier if the wire bundle has been unwedged.
Another hurdle is soldering to the circuit board. Once the old leads
and excess solder are removed, you will probably find that the holes are
too small! A jeweler's screwdriver makes a good hand drill for enlarging
holes. (Drill from the circuit side. Be careful not to tear or dislodge the
printed circuit.)
The new leads should be routed through the unused fan slots. (If a fan
is attached, remove it. It's in the wrong place to do much good in cooling
your GS.)
Note: If you have a fan mounted to the PS and you wish to keep it, then, it
will be necessary to enlarge the original cable exit hole. A sheet metal
"munching" tool should let you do this without having to entirely remove
the PS circuit board. (Just be sure to catch all of the munched pieces!)
When routing the leads be careful not to place a twisting force on a
lead where it is soldered to the circuit board.
To get to each spronger (contact) in the plug, press on it through the
slot on the side near the wire end. This pushes up a small retaining tab so
that pulling on the attached lead will pull out the spronger.
Cut off the old lead, clean the end, and solder on the new lead. Press
the spronger back into the plug. To avoid mixups, it's best to complete the
process for each lead before doing the next.
When plugging in the power supply, take time to shape and arrange the
wires to minimize stress on the motherboard.
Motherboard Mod
Fatter +5, +12, and Ground leads should protect you power supply and
reduce circuit noise.
If audio noise in your stereo card output and/or system bombing due to
noise glitches were problems, they may be eliminated. A lot depends upon
which cards you've installed, which slots they are in, and whether your
IIgs is a ROM-01 or ROM-03.
The motherboard circuit traces supplying power to each Slot are fairly
skimpy, especially on ROM-01 boards. A heavy power user in Slot 7 can
produce significant noise up and down the entire Slot 'backplane'.
The cure is to remove the motherboard and run leads to a couple Slots
....
First, flip over the motherboard and get oriented. Below is a quickie
sketch showing the Power Connector points as well as key power pins for a
Slot. The view is from the _Bottom_ with the _Back_ of the motherboard
facing you:
Bottom of Motherboard
Power Connector Socket Slot
Apple II Computer Technical Information : Apple II Family Hardware Info
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/miscinfo/hardware : May 2001 : 391 of 572
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