SuperQ;356611 Wrote: > Doesn't sound good. How old is it? Less than a year I think. I'd need to dig out the exact purchase date.
st2000;356624 Wrote: > > Not much to go on. > > Well, is the VFD still working? A VFD is similar to an old vacuum > tube. > There are wires that are slightly heated to give off electrons which > > hit the phosphorus coated cathodes. Yeah, more than you wanted to > know... Any ways, take the SB3 into a dark room and power it up. You > > should be able to see a slight orange glow come off (probably) 2 wires > > strung inside the length of the tube. > > So, if the SPDIF output and the VFD are powered up... humm, but there > > is no display... Gee, I think all SB3s have a welcome display despite > > being connected to a network. At this point, I'd say your SB3 is not > booting up. > > Check and make absolutely sure you have the correct power supply. Even > > if the voltage, polarity and plug are correct... an under powered > supply (i.e. using a 500mA power supply where a 1000mA power supply is > > required) can cause a lot of grief. Anyone know what the power output > > capacity of an SB3 supply is? OK, checked the VFD. I see an orange glow from 6 wires running the length of the display. I had been using a 3rd party power supply but reverting to the supplied one makes no difference. Both the 3rd party and original power supplies work fine on my two other SBs. -- supanash ------------------------------------------------------------------------ supanash's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15024 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54629 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
