It would be worth a minute of insurance to measure the output of your other power supply and make sure that it's really 5v, and that the center of the connector is positive as opaqueice mentioned.
Patrick is correct in that overvoltage might break a device, but too much current capacity won't. There is a fuse on board (at least on the sb3; I don't have any earlier units disassembled on my desk at the moment), so a short in the unit shouldn't damage anything more than what was damaged already to cause the short, if that makes sense. It's a fancy fuse that's supposed to also blow if it sees too much voltage, but you shouldn't take that as an excuse to do anything crazy. :) Since it is a fancy surface-mount fuse though, it's not considered user-replaceable. Also I should mention if you haven't considered it, we do have exact replacement power supplies on the web site for $15. -- ChrisOwens -- Christopher Owens QA Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (510) 743-1152 x717 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ChrisOwens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4240 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23648 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
