I think my amp is blown...

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Pissed off, I opened up my amp today to see if I coudl see anything... then this wierd smell of burning electronics came from it... (reminded me of when I used to throw electronics in the fire when I was a kid)... anyways... there was no smoke, and no smell when it happened, so I didnt think it was blown...

What should I be looking for inside?

I work at the new best buy in eugene as an installer if you brought it there wednesday id be able to look at it for ya. What you are looking for is anything out of the ordinary (burn marks, melted circuits, punctured diodes, etc.) When mine fried it didnt smoke much then i opened up the back and it was smokin like crazy.

Originally posted by BKittsSVT:
I work at the new best buy in eugene as an installer if you brought it there wednesday id be able to look at it for ya. What you are looking for is anything out of the ordinary (burn marks, melted circuits, punctured diodes, etc.) When mine fried it didnt smoke much then i opened up the back and it was smokin like crazy.

i thought best buy was in springfield

Springfield, Eugene...what's the difference?

Originally posted by shotwell:
Springfield, Eugene...what's the difference?

one way streets?

They are just on different sides of the highway, I live in eugene but the best buy is considered in springfield

Originally posted by phlop:
Pissed off, I opened up my amp today to see if I coudl see anything... then this wierd smell of burning electronics came from it... (reminded me of when I used to throw electronics in the fire when I was a kid)... anyways... there was no smoke, and no smell when it happened, so I didnt think it was blown...

What should I be looking for inside?

Look for darkened areas on the circuit board that have gotten hot, and for darkened/blackened/otherwise fried-looking components as others have said.

If you get a new amp and aren't going to fix the fried one, don't throw it away -- I might give you a few bucks for it at a meet.

Marty