sander wrote: > I have 2 SB3s which stopped being reliable and this thread caused me to > try them again using them with a power supply I know is good, but their > problems were deeper. > > One freezes, then reboots about once an hour when playing, the other > just dies after a little playing becoming completely dead, to the point > you need to unplug it for a little while before it will boot again. > > When I first put them away I'd found (and luckily printed) a logitech > forum post which only seems to exist currently in a google cache of a > static ip at the moment. > http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?strip=1&q=cache:http%3A%2F%2F208.74.204.120%2Ft5%2FSqueezebox-and-Smart-Radio%2FSqueezebox-Classic-frequent-crash-and-restart%2Ftd-p%2F850154%2Fpage%2F5 > > The thread mentions changing two of the caps: > "Replacing C16 and C20 solved the issue in my case." > > or more elaborately: > "I ordered a bunch of WX and WT series surface mount capacitors > (Nichicon brand) from Digikey and installed them this weekend. Took a > couple hours and i don't suggest the faint of heart to attempt the > repair. One must be careful not to lift the solder pads with too much > heat! I replaced all of the capacitors that read questionable on my ESR > meter (about 10 of them), and the unit works flasslessy again! Been > playing for 72 hours straight without no reboot or hiccup. In the past > the unit would reboot within 2 mins. > In summary: > The issue was not the WiFi module, it was the surface mount capacitors > drying up over the years, causing points of high resistance in the > circuitry." > > I'm not quite to that point, or have technical expertise to achieve it, > so I'm stick with my existing plan of picking up old SB3's on the cheap > (getting a backup SB3 on Wednesday for $25) and maybe making the jump to > pico players once all my ip3k players are all dead.
Thanks so much for posting that cached link. I knew I'd seen something about the capacitors before. First Logitech kill the Slim product line, then they erase history with their "forum cleanup"! :mad: Anyway, I've invested in an ESR meter, identified about 10 capacitors that I'm not happy with (although looking at the datasheets just now while searching for replacements, perhaps 8 of those are reading as expected, let's wait and see what values I get from the new ones) but specifically C16 and C20 both give totally bad readings (both read "open circuit" on the meter) and they are also the only two that have noticeable brown discolouration around the base. I'm therefore quite optimistic that this fix may work! They are both 10 μF 16 V 4 mm diameter caps - about 15 pence each. I'll report back when they turn up and I've fitted them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rickwookie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6397 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49785 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
