screaming Versacamm help

[lordmash]

Hi can anybody help, as soon as you plug in and turn the power before you press the button on the front the machine makes a loud continuous beep
when you turn the front panel on you get a few charachters on the screen
in random order and sometimes the fan comes on and the loud beep continues
I have put a new power supply in the machine but it makes no difference
anybody got a clue
roger

 

[Mike Paul]

Maybe the voltage switch is in the wrong position under the back of the printer.

 

[Team Valhalla]

If I'm not mistaken, there's two of these switches. Make sure they're both set correctly.

Sp

 

[lordmash]

hi both
Ive had the machine for approx 6 years or more
never any problem so cant see it being voltage setting and cant find voltage switch at back
thanks
ps is SP300

 

[Ragnabrok]

The voltage switches are ONLY for the heaters. Usually i've seen this scream from the cable going from the main board to the front LCD panel is not seated properly. The front panel is only held on by 4 screws, loosen them and take off the front panel but beware, the cable only gives you maybe 6 inches of room to remove the panel. you have to give it a kind of reach around to remove the cable (or reseat it). and there is only one cable.

If that doesnt do it, the main board could have fried

Oh, tick off the power, and unplug before doing any electronics stuff

 

[lordmash]

thanks for that tried reseating the cable but to no avail
im going to have to bite the bullet and put a new board in
thanks all for taking the time to answer my question
roger

 

[threeputt]

You may do well to check a certain fuse (very, very small one) on the main board before going the expense of a main board.

 

[lordmash]

Hi Found 3 all ok
many thanks

 

[solantis]

How did you resolve this issue?