supanash wrote: > 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.
Well, I don't have an SB3 - I have an older unit. I turned it on today and noticed there is a welcome message despite it not being connected to anything. Assuming a normal SB3 works similarly, I'd say you've got problems that are probably beyond most end users ability to fix. I don't think you mentioned, were you connected by cable to your network? I would try that before giving up. However, not seeing anything displayed on the VFD is cause for real concern. Now that we know the low voltage is working the only other 3 possibilities I can think of are a failed high voltage power inverter for the VFD (not likely, and you should still be able to see the SB from the server), the SB's processor is dead (maybe) or the SB's programming has been corrupted (that's what I'm thinking now). Again, you didn't mentioned, but were you in the middle of upgrading the SB's firmware? Pulling the plug on almost any device during this type of operation will almost always brick it. Also, upgrading firmware should most certainly be done while cabled... NOT when operating wirelessly. I can't think of anything else. Anyone else care to comment? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
