greywing wrote: > Recently my receiver quit working and the indication was that the > indicator button on the front was out. In checking things out, it > seemed that the power brick was dead. However, substituting another > power source did not restore operation (still no light on the button). > Seems unlikely that everything would suddenly die at the same time but I > reasoned that a failing power brick my have caused some faulty voltages > sufficient to damage the unit. So I bought a used unit on Ebay and upon > receipt find it is doing the same thing, e.g. no light in the button and > no recognition by the controller. The replacement power brick is > putting out the correct voltage. I have replaced the ethernet cable but > no joy. The network switch tests fine. I am at a loss about what is > happening here with two dead receivers. It is my understanding the when > power is applied to the receiver, the button goes red whether it is > recognized by the system or not. > > Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
I had the exact same symptom on my receiver for the last year. Just last week I thought I'd have one last try for a fix, and found a thread somewhere on here that noted that your power supply can seem OK (eg measures 9v with a meter), but actually be unable to supply current under load. So I got a generic 9v 1.5A (original is lablled 0.56A so i wanted to go more than the 0.50A the electronic store had), and eureka, it was almost fine. The last step was soldering on the old connector to the new power supply, as it's quite a rare plug dimension. The nearest available plug on the new supply I bought would work if I held it on a slight angle, but if i just plugged it in appeared to be dead. It seems that you have little left to lose, so I'd say give the power supply another look. Just don't assume like i did that measuring 9v at the plug means the supply is OK - check the current under load if you know how, or buy a totally new supply and transplant the original plug. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=70783 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115629 _______________________________________________ Duet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/duet
