NIBP Issue

Unless there's some connection gone bad, about the only thing left is the main board. You might want to pull it out anyway and look it over for any possible burned traces or connectors. And then you'll have to reload the serial number and other data back into it.

The other thing, though, is that these guys have had a history of wearing out the start/stop membrane switch. Are you positive you're actually turning it on? It's long gone but there was a notice from Philips that if you had one that was malfunctioning, they sent you a pack of 3 front membranes for free. :-) I dunno, maybe it's still active? Call Philips, you never know..

it is clicking as if its trying to engage to pump, so i would assume that yes the membrane is still good but ill look into that. Thanks

I found out the problem...it was a tiny component that runs directly to the NIBP connection/connector. Now my problem is that I would like to repair it but I don't know what that component is. I can't find any schematics in the service manual so I cant figure out what that component is

it looks like a burnt micro capacitor but It doesn't have the voltage on it so I don't know what to replace it with

I was going to suggest posting a picture, but I don't think this site supports uploads of pictures. So, is this part on the main board? What is its' label? What's it near, so we can pop open another VSM3 and see it?

Hi Ray,

You can post pictures within the forums if you have the image URL. Simply click the button that looks like a small image to the left of the A when you are posting your comment and paste your image URL.

Hope this helps.