thegenerallee86 Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 It will turn on and make some noise but I think it is the power supply though and I tried it with my Commodore 1902 Monitor RGBI and nothing but does flicker when I shut the computer off, Also none of the drives light up or anything that I can see and when I use composite output on it there is a short 2 or 3 inch horizontal line that shows up just a little bit off center of the screen but repeats downwards? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/337593-i-bought-an-ibm-5150-but-it-has-issues/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegenerallee86 Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 Just an update I checked and opened the case and the fan is not spinning at all though it twitches once when I turn it on and all the voltages are within specs though? It is the HDD I hear spinning. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/337593-i-bought-an-ibm-5150-but-it-has-issues/#findComment-5082797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wierd_w Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 The fan 'might' be resurrectable... remove it from the system, note its power needs and polarity, then submerge it in a plastic basin full of isopropyl. Connect the power, and give it a manual push to start it turning, and let it push the liquid around a few minutes. It will dislodge a good deal of the filth that has been sucked into the fan. It wont fully recover an old fan though. Best to just replace it, but as a temp fix while awaiting that replacement in the mail, it works, usually. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/337593-i-bought-an-ibm-5150-but-it-has-issues/#findComment-5083510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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