Category:Psion

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Welcome to the Psion category! Psion Plc was the British company that defined the pocket-computer category in the 1980s and 1990s. The line begins with the Organiser in 1984 — the first electronic organiser — and runs through the Series 3 and Series 5 clamshell palmtops, the Revo, the netBook, and the Workabout ruggedised industrial PDA. This category collects maintenance, troubleshooting, and recap guides for the entire Psion line.

Each system features:

• Hinge, ribbon and keyboard repair on the Series 3 and Series 5 clamshells
• SSD pack repair and Datapak / Rampak replacements for the Organiser II
• Battery, NiMH replacement and PCB cleaning across all generations
• EPOC and SIBO ROM/flash documentation for restoration

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide	SSD / Pack Service
Psion Organiser	Psion Organiser General Maintenance	Psion Organiser Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Organiser Capacitor Replacement Guide	Psion Organiser Datapak Repair
Psion Organiser II	Psion Organiser II General Maintenance	Psion Organiser II Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Organiser II Capacitor Replacement Guide	Psion Organiser II Datapak Repair

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Hinge / Ribbon Repair
Psion Series 3	Psion Series 3 General Maintenance	Psion Series 3 Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 3 Hinge Repair
Psion Series 3a	Psion Series 3a General Maintenance	Psion Series 3a Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 3a Hinge Repair
Psion Series 3c	Psion Series 3c General Maintenance	Psion Series 3c Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 3c Hinge Repair
Psion Series 3mx	Psion Series 3mx General Maintenance	Psion Series 3mx Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 3mx Hinge Repair
Psion Siena	Psion Siena General Maintenance	Psion Siena Troubleshooting Guide	—

No capacitor guides are listed for the Series 3 family. These are low-voltage SIBO machines running from two AA or AAA cells through switch-mode converters, with no bulk electrolytic smoothing stage and no community history of recapping — the faults people actually report are the hinges, the button bar, the screen ribbon, the battery lead and the SSD door sensing. The reasoning, and the two situations where capacitor work is justified, are in Psion Series 3a General Maintenance. The Siena has no clamshell hinge failure comparable to the Series 3's, so no hinge guide is listed for it.

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide	Hinge / Ribbon / Battery
Psion Series 5	Psion Series 5 General Maintenance	Psion Series 5 Troubleshooting Guide	—	Psion Series 5 Hinge Cable Repair
Psion Series 5mx	Psion Series 5mx General Maintenance	Psion Series 5mx Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 5mx Capacitor Replacement Guide	Psion Series 5mx Hinge Repair
Psion Series 5mx Pro	Psion Series 5mx Pro General Maintenance	Psion Series 5mx Pro Troubleshooting Guide	—	see Psion Series 5mx Hinge Repair
Psion Revo	Psion Revo General Maintenance	Psion Revo Troubleshooting Guide	—	Psion Revo Battery Replacement
Psion Revo Plus	Psion Revo Plus General Maintenance	Psion Revo Plus Troubleshooting Guide	—	Psion Revo Battery Replacement

The Psion Series 5mx Capacitor Replacement Guide covers the whole EPOC platform, including why none of these machines is a recap candidate and the three situations where capacitor work is nevertheless justified. The 5mx Pro is mechanically a Series 5mx, so it shares that machine's hinge guide rather than having its own. The Revo and Revo Plus have no clamshell ribbon failure — their defining repair is the pair of soldered-in NiMH cells, so a battery replacement guide takes that column instead.

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Battery Service
Psion Series 7	Psion Series 7 General Maintenance	Psion Series 7 Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Series 7 Battery Service
Psion netBook	Psion netBook General Maintenance	Psion netBook Troubleshooting Guide	Psion netBook Battery Service
Psion netBook Pro	Psion netBook Pro General Maintenance	Psion netBook Pro Troubleshooting Guide	Psion netBook Pro Battery Service

No capacitor guides are listed for the Series 7, netBook or netBook Pro. Detailed research across the surviving community record — the contemporary Series 7 FAQ's own hardware fault list, PsionWiki, the OpenPsion netBook HOWTO, comp.sys.psion, HPC:Factor and the modern collector write-ups — found no report of a failed capacitor, a bulging or leaking electrolytic, or anyone recapping one of these machines. The faults the community actually documents are the screen cable, the battery-catch microswitch, the CompactFlash drawer, PC Card current draw and, on the netBook Pro, the hinges. The reasoning, and the two situations where capacitor work is justified, are in the Psion Series 7 Troubleshooting Guide. The Series 7 and netBook share one battery pack, so the rebuild procedure is written once on Psion netBook Battery Service and cross-referenced; the netBook Pro takes a different pack and has its own procedure.

Model	Maintenance	Troubleshooting	Capacitor Guide
Psion Workabout	Psion Workabout General Maintenance	Psion Workabout Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Workabout Capacitor Replacement Guide
Psion Workabout mx	Psion Workabout mx General Maintenance	Psion Workabout mx Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Workabout mx Capacitor Replacement Guide
Psion Workabout Pro	Psion Workabout Pro General Maintenance	Psion Workabout Pro Troubleshooting Guide	Psion Workabout Pro Capacitor Replacement Guide

• Recommended Tools – Essential tools for restoration, soldering and diagnostics.
• Capacitor Failure Symptoms – Recognising and diagnosing failed electrolytic capacitors.
• CRT Discharge Procedure – Safety steps for systems with integrated CRTs.

• Psion Series 5 Service Manual – Psion's own 46-page service manual (November 1997): circuit description, exploded views with part numbers, disassembly and reassembly, and the factory Final Test fault codes. Applies mechanically to the Series 5mx as well.
• Psion Organiser II Spare Parts List – Psion's exploded diagram and component-level parts lists, including every capacitor designator, value and part number for the Organiser II boards.
• Service Manuals – Cross-manufacturer manual collection.
• Capacitor Replacement Guides – Model-specific capacitor specs.

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