Sadly, my Famicom bit the dust earlier tonight (awful timing, too) and appears to have fried. Was the first time firing it up after an extended period of not being plugged in. I used my Famicom World-recommended power converter so the voltage was fine (I also had it on the correct setting). But the Famicom still appears to have had some sort of electrical malfunction... I'd recognize that smell anywhere.
I'm not happy about it, but it is what it is. If I have to buy a new Famicom, I will. Wanted a better-looking one anyway. That said, the Disk System is something I would not be too keen on having to replace. If the Famicom had an electrical malfunction is there a chance that could have spread to the Disk System despite the pair using separate power inputs? And is there a way I can test the system out?
Probably making something out of nothing, but I'd like to be sure. :)
**EDIT**
Derp... I just answered my own question. I'll just plug it into the top loader with the pin adapter. >_>
Still, anyone have any insights or anything they think I should know? If not... just uh... move along folks. Nothing to see here move along! :-\
I'm pretty sure the FDS only actually uses power when reading and writing to the disk, so if the famicom blew up before it tried to do that then you're fine.
Are you sure you haven't burned only the voltage regulator (7805 (http://jpx72.detailne.sk/modd_files/fc/avmod/famicomid.png))? That one can be replaced quite easily.
Also I think your FDS is okay.
I'll look into that tomorrow. If that's the case, it'd be nice.
Truthfully, 3:30 AM probably isn't the best time to be doing surgery.
I'd be double checking your PSU settings to avoid the same thing happening twice, are you sure you had the polarity of the plug set correctly, i.e. centre negative?
I highly doubt your FDS suffered any injuries.
I've always used model 1 Sega Genesis AC adapters and it's always been more than fine. But yeah you may have killed the 7805. That in it's self takes about a minute to replace. Then again if you have the GPM-02 board, I think it has an actual fuse on it, correct me if I'm wrong please.
You can likely just fix it without spending a whole lot of cash, you just need luck and a soldering iron.
Quote from: ulera on August 10, 2012, 12:07:04 am
I'm pretty sure the FDS only actually uses power when reading and writing to the disk, so if the famicom blew up before it tried to do that then you're fine.
I have bad news for you
Quote from: 80sFREAK on August 10, 2012, 08:39:20 am
Quote from: ulera on August 10, 2012, 12:07:04 am
I'm pretty sure the FDS only actually uses power when reading and writing to the disk, so if the famicom blew up before it tried to do that then you're fine.
I have bad news for you
>_>
Are you being facetious? I'm being serious here with my help request and I can't have people just throwing random odds and ends around without explanation. What are you referring to, 80sFREAK?
Maybe he refers to the fact that the RAM adapter and the logic inside the disk drive runs off the +5V rail from the Famicom itself, only the drive motor runs off batteries or the FDS AC adapter. But I don't see the bad news since an overvoltage condition is very unlikely, never seen a 7805 fail short from input to output (can't say the same about STR regulators on TVs though).
Quote from: 133MHz on August 10, 2012, 10:41:11 am
Maybe he refers to the fact that the RAM adapter and the logic inside the disk drive runs off the +5V rail from the Famicom itself, only the drive motor runs off batteries or the FDS AC adapter. But I don't see the bad news since an overvoltage condition is very unlikely, never seen a 7805 fail short from input to output (can't say the same about STR regulators on TVs though).
I've got nice FDS disk with Taro carts. Lets use them to found out, whats happened :) Or use another way - test RAM adaptor on another
working console. If it's working, it's working.
It's obvious - chips inside of RAM adaptor connected to the slot, where is +5V coming from 7805.