Quote Originally Posted by fmzip View Post
24 "gauge" lol......

I still don't know my metric conversions yet!

Good news, switching problem is resolved!

Bad news, I have no audio out of the right channel. Swapped op amps, same issue. Pressing on EC7 and EC9 brings the audio back. Replacing with new caps into those two locations, same result. Replaced both Wima caps, same issue.

I cooked something, the DAC chip get very hot very fast. Schematics please, I am begging.

I'm so bummed out. Final steps, the very last mod, and now its dead.
I don't beleave stan has officially made any schematics available and I doubt he'd like people posting them unofficially.

If the DAC chip is getting hot during normal use then it sounds like you've shorted something. The first place I'd check would be TC2 and C2 just to the right of the DAC chip. As the new TC2 replacement is bigger than the one it replaced it can get very close to C2. Make sure they're not shorting on each other. Also make sure all the new polarised electrolytic caps are installed with the correct polarity. Look for the tiny + symbols on the PCB and make sure the verticle white stripe on the new caps is on the oposite side. If you manage to find a wiring fault then you may have cooked the DAC chip, so you may have the replace that as well.

Also make sure you have the power regs the right way round. The white sticker should be facing the rear of the chassis. Also make sure you don't have any blobs of solder kicking around the board. Those beggers get everywhere during de-soldering.

I hope that helps.