Originally posted by VintageValves
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From the layout i see a difference in the schematic that involves C13. It looks to me as thought the schematic is the the 220V version and the layout is the 110V version.
It is important to realize that a downstream fault could stop the power supply from running. It's not uncommon for the primary side circuit to detect over current and shut it down. With a scope ( and suitable isolation) you'd see a few cycles where IC1 tries to start up. On the other hand, if it turns out that IC1 is bad I would not be too happy about forking out $50 for a chip that is hard to get. If it blow that your are back to square one and out of pocket. All not helped by not having a datasheet. I would seriously consider replacing the whole power supply with a linear one, even is it mean housing part of it external to the keyboard.
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