tonyb
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Post by tonyb on Jan 23, 2024 15:09:38 GMT -5
Recovered an X4500 from the flashing light of death.
I replaced the larger mosfets on the front right channel, but didn't replace the bias transistor (small).
Along with that, I also replaced the resistors near the mosfets and checked one more time before I put it all together, including resistors I didn't change. Not a every one but made sure to check a few.
Put it back together and I still can't get the pot to register anything below 100mV.
Is the bias transistor next to fail? What would cause this?
Should I just run it until the next failure? Should I just replace the bias transistor or, all of them and get them from the Denon reseller this time (like I just did with the resistors)?
Any thoughts?
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Post by mastertech on Jan 24, 2024 19:48:20 GMT -5
There are a lot of things that can cause this. You have to hunt for it. I would check where the signal first comes into the amp section at the cap just to be sure there is not a small voltage coming in from the preamp just to be sure. You can compare any voltages on the amp section with a different channel that is functioning properly.
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tonyb
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Post by tonyb on Jan 25, 2024 10:35:36 GMT -5
There are a lot of things that can cause this. You have to hunt for it. I would check where the signal first comes into the amp section at the cap just to be sure there is not a small voltage coming in from the preamp just to be sure. You can compare any voltages on the amp section with a different channel that is functioning properly. The instructions say to test idle current on an unoccupied input port with 0 volume in Multichannel. The diodes and resistors up the board test perfectly (per schematic). After posting this, I did some more testing, the resistors are fine (got them from Denon/Encompass). The transistors I got from a different vendor came out WAY off the other ones that were not replaced. I ordered all three transistors from Denon/Encompass and will hope that solves the issue so I can finally put this amp to work for me instead of replacing part after part..
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