Subj : Re: SX-64 Whine
To   : Frank Linhares
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Tue Dec 10 2019 08:33:40

Hi Frank,

On 2019-12-09 21:15:14, you wrote to All:

 FL> I recently picked up a Commodore SX-64 and am completely in love with
 FL> it.

 FL> The unit is in amazing condition and the previous owned cared for it with
 FL> lots of TLC.

 FL> I do have one issue that I am hoping other may have run into. When I turn
 FL> the unit on, it emits a high pitched whine. My nearly 50 year old ears can
 FL> barely register the whine, but it drives my kids crazy.

 FL> I am wondering if anyone has experienced this before.

Nope. (With any electronic device, but my ears are as old as yours ;))

 FL> Could it be a bad ground?

The first thing I would do is (visually) check the capacitors. Bad ones are
easy to spot. And are the first things to go in old devices (maybe new ones too
 :-()...


Bye, Wilfred.

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