[SunHELP] Blade 1500 Power woes

[The SunHELP List]

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:
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> 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,
> 
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> 
> Mark Benson
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