Dantaipan Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Does anyone know anything about an 800XL that takes a 5-pin power supply. I picked up an 800XL unit without a PS and the only replacement ones I can find are 7-pins. No I'm not looking at the monitor plug, check it out: note: you may have to turn your brightness up to see the pin holes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Never seen that before Perhaps it is not a US model? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantaipan Posted January 6, 2003 Author Share Posted January 6, 2003 I bought it at a thrift in Canada. The FCC ID is BPA72R800XL. UPDATE: I looked under the hood and I now suspect that someone replaced the 7-pin with a 5-pin. Is it possible their original PS burnt out and, not able to find a 7-pin PS they replaced the connector to power it with a different type of PS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 Sounds like what you're running across are not Atari XL/XE power supplies, but ST power supplies. You can purchase a replacement Atari XL/XE power supply from either B&C: www.myatari.com or from Best Electronics www.best-electronics-ca.com Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted January 6, 2003 Share Posted January 6, 2003 I bought it at a thrift in Canada. The FCC ID is BPA72R800XL. UPDATE: I looked under the hood and I now suspect that someone replaced the 7-pin with a 5-pin. Is it possible their original PS burnt out and, not able to find a 7-pin PS they replaced the connector to power it with a different type of PS? That sounds possible. Hopefully, they didn't damage the machine using a non-standard power supply, though. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantaipan Posted January 10, 2003 Author Share Posted January 10, 2003 PROBLEM SOLVED. I found a standard 7-pin PS at a surplus store, broke off the top two pins to reduce it to 5 and now the 800XL powers up fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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