Any techs w/ dvx100 fuse experience?

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I'm in the final stages of a chassis/lens mod with my DVX100 and I've been pretty careful to test the camera at every stage and just recently the camera stopped responding to the power switch. I tested voltage coming into the camera through the internal power cable and its reading +8.5v so that doesn't seem to be the problem. I read a couple posts saying that its not terribly uncommon for the DVX to throw a fuse, located on the power board. We'll I have the power board sitting in front of me with no visible signs of failure but then again I'm not 100% sure of what I should be looking for. Does anyone out there have any advice or experience replacing these fuses? What does it look like and are there any hard-fast ways to tell if thats the problem in the first place? Any other reason you can think of for why it wont power up?

thanks for any suggestions,
sean

DVX_mod.jpg

DVX_fusesm.JPG

full-size image:
http://www.swingsetfilm.com/00_image_files/DVXHACK/DVX_fuse.JPG

DVX_fuse-1sm.JPG

full-size image:
http://www.swingsetfilm.com/00_image_files/DVXHACK/DVX_fuse-1.JPG
 
I started the project many years ago not to long after I switched from a JVC DV500 to the DVX. first impulse was to get the real physical controls of a manual lens which lead me to fitting the camera with a sony 1/2" mount and a canon zoom. The mod went quickly but during the assembly I ended up damaging the white balance circuit and the camera sat on the shelf for a couple years waiting for parts and inspiration. I had always had the intention of expanding the project to incorporate a 35mm relay adapter but I started shooting more film and it seemed like a dated idea. recently i got re-inspired because the goal became not a camera for acquisition but more like a digital, record-able, director's finder. while on my film sets it seems like it would be a handy tool for shot making.

its pretty simple, I used lens elements from the DVX itself, a simple ground glass and a PL mount. all the rest of the lens has been removed to keep it as bright as possible. all automatic features have been removed and the LCD has been hard-wired to flip the image. I used a pretty open-ended "optical bench" approach to the construction so I can always get inside and replace the lenses or the GG later on, move the planes forward and back to compensate for other lenses I might want to adapt later on. I haven't been able to get down to the rental house to borrow a PL lens and set my mounting flange depth and get the CCD and lenses all centered up but should go pretty quickly and then I can cinch everything down.

this was the old setup:
DVX_old.jpg


and a better shot of the GG with my 'framing' chart
DVX_mod4.JPG
 
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