Hi All
My first post here, so apologies if I get protocol wrong.
I bought a Alpha 5 CDP off FleaBay. I know, first mistake.
Marked as intermittent fault.
When it arrived, something was loose inside. That was Cap C403, blown off the PCB! And goo everywhere!
And I mean everywhere!.
Underside of PCB not pretty, lots of tracks corroded and burnt. Seems a basket case.
Couple of transistors look poorly too, Q405 and Q404. Can't read the markings on Q404 so I suspect it's totalled.
Anyway, tidied up things as best I could, replaced C403, cleaned tracks, and tried to power it up.
No nastly pops, but even when the on/off switch is off, the CD drive motor runs. Display comes on, drawer doesn't move (except if i push it out) but the gear seems fine. So PSU is poorly.
Can anyone please let me see a copy of the manual?
Or does anyone have a main PCB they want to sell me?
Thanks all
Bazzman
My first post here, so apologies if I get protocol wrong.
I bought a Alpha 5 CDP off FleaBay. I know, first mistake.
Marked as intermittent fault.
When it arrived, something was loose inside. That was Cap C403, blown off the PCB! And goo everywhere!

And I mean everywhere!.
Underside of PCB not pretty, lots of tracks corroded and burnt. Seems a basket case.
Couple of transistors look poorly too, Q405 and Q404. Can't read the markings on Q404 so I suspect it's totalled.
Anyway, tidied up things as best I could, replaced C403, cleaned tracks, and tried to power it up.
No nastly pops, but even when the on/off switch is off, the CD drive motor runs. Display comes on, drawer doesn't move (except if i push it out) but the gear seems fine. So PSU is poorly.
Can anyone please let me see a copy of the manual?
Or does anyone have a main PCB they want to sell me?
Thanks all
Bazzman