Every IBM PC Problem at Once - Nightmare 5160 Repair
Added 2025-01-01 19:54:19 +0000 UTCHello!
With the holidays messing with schedules I was hoping to do a make a simple video out of a stream. My subject was an IBM 5160 recently acquired by a family member that I offered to help fix because it showed no signs of life. I started this out thinking it might be a quick diagnosis of a dead PSU and maybe a shorted cap, but I was in for a whole lot more than that it turned out.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/-_GTibPkcUg
Comments
Well, there was a SINGLE failed component! (But yeah, any number of things worse than a single cap could have been broken and left it or parts thereof difficult, expensive, or impossible to fix. Especially the floppy drive with random wiring...)
sanityormadness
2025-01-02 20:29:53 +0000 UTCWow…. So many issues!
Doug Merrett
2025-01-02 01:31:29 +0000 UTCYou got lucky. Not a single failed component. You could have had a random chip die on the motherboard (or in the monitor).
Lily Finley
2025-01-02 01:26:04 +0000 UTC
