From sunhelp at sunhelp.org  Sat Nov  1 20:27:35 2025
From: sunhelp at sunhelp.org (The SunHELP List)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 20:27:35 +0000
Subject: [SunHELP] Blade 1500 Power woes
Message-ID: <mailman.42.1762028900.3542577.sunhelp_sunhelp.org@sunhelp.org>

Hi folks,

A friend of mine has a Sun Blade 1500 in for repair and is struggling to 
diagnose what's wrong with it.

The system will power up and get to a video signal once then shuts off, 
and powers up and shuts off repeatedly. It seems like something is 
overloading or flaking out.

There's some coverage of the issue on the Trina's Technobabble YouTube 
channel most recent livestream (towards the beginning).

The system has a Samsung 420W power supply.

Is it a common issue with the Sub Blade towers?

Thanks,

-- 

Mark Benson


From sunhelp at sunhelp.org  Sat Nov  1 21:07:19 2025
From: sunhelp at sunhelp.org (The SunHELP List)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 21:07:19 +0000
Subject: [SunHELP] Blade 1500 Power woes
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Message-ID: <mailman.54.1762031303.3542576.sunhelp_sunhelp.org@sunhelp.org>

Hi

The 1500 PSU was always a weak part, regularly failed and the silver version used to sell for silly money. So suspect faulty PSU.

Peter

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> On 1 Nov 2025, at 20:28, The SunHELP List via SunHELP <sunhelp at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> A friend of mine has a Sun Blade 1500 in for repair and is struggling to diagnose what's wrong with it.
> 
> The system will power up and get to a video signal once then shuts off, and powers up and shuts off repeatedly. It seems like something is overloading or flaking out.
> 
> There's some coverage of the issue on the Trina's Technobabble YouTube channel most recent livestream (towards the beginning).
> 
> The system has a Samsung 420W power supply.
> 
> Is it a common issue with the Sub Blade towers?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mark Benson
> 
> 
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