RV-3 trouble. Fried?

Started by thejoe, April 23, 2017, 10:31:31 AM

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thejoe

A friend gave me his broken Boss RV-3 hoping I could get it running. Someone hooked up the wrong power supply and it bit the dust.

After opening it up I replaced the check diode and one of the electrolytic caps that fried (c3?). Now if I plug in the power supply, it still does nothing. If I hook up a battery the LED stays on all the time but only a dry signal passes through. Any thoughts??

You can see the schematic here:
http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/Reverb/BOSS%20RV-3.jpg

Thank you in advance.

anotherjim

Check IC5 (78L05), should be 9v one end and 5v the other & 0v in the middle. It's the only thing I can see that is directly connected to the 9v input that might blow easily.


thejoe

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As you can see, I don't work too quickly. But I was just able to take readings. Measuring to ground I have 9.4v on one end, 0 in the middle, but only .12v on the other side where it attaches to C17. The area around there seems unharmed. the SMD components don't fill me with much hope for repair though.