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First off, let me start by apologizing for not being a bit more active here. A few months ago, I found these forums and they helped me get my FZ-10 back up and running. After which, I said I would probably be more frequent here because of it, and I haven't. So, sorry... Anyways, to the meat of the p...

Glad to hear you got it working again. It's funny how electronics work sometimes...

If you ever pursue it further, it would be interesting to see how that power supply operates.

unsurreal wrote:I think that the real voltages it outputs are read with it disconnected, or not?

I think that's how it goes; at least that's the way I did it. I took the ribbon out first before measuring.

I went ahead and measured those output voltages for ya. I took the readings from the power board side (the orange/tan board). There are 18 pins total:

Pins 1-3: 8.69V (~9V)
Pins 4-12: No reading
Pins 13-17: 5.08V (~5V)
Pin 18: No reading

Hope this helps!

Well, yes. But for some reason, RR during-race (crappy) songs can only be heard in Panasonic FZ-1, my FZ-10 doesn't play them. That's funny. My FZ-10 seems to play the in-race music just fine. However, as UnholyTancred said, you're not missing much and the engine noise is substantially louder than ...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :D That value was dead on. At first, however, I was a little leary too about the value of "0"; so I tried touching a regular 10 ohm resistor to the two points and powered the system up. And to my surprise, it worked! The laser started moving all around like it was se...

I'm glad that you may have found out what the culprit is. Post back with the results either way. By the way (since you've got your FZ-10 already open), you mind helping me out with my resistor problem in a nearby topic, would ya? I just need to know that value for R733. Thanks and good luck with you...

I'm not sure what the output voltages for an FZ-10 are, but it sounds like you've got a problem with a capacitor or transistor. Try metering it out and see what you can find. Typically, in computer power supplies, a whine like what you described is related to a faulty transistor (which may in turn b...

I've have an FZ-10 model 3DO with a broken resistor at the front of the console near the battery. The resistor's location is labeled R733. The resistor is completely broken off and nowhere to be found (I got the 3DO from an auction). Any out there got a FZ-10 they wouldn't mind opening up to get tha...