Yeah I went there and they're all like $40-50. As my friend pointed out, he told me to test the PS with my voltmeter and putting the red inside and the black on the outside and when I did I was getting zero voltage from the end that plugs into the Drobo!
I then took the cord from the outlet and checked the two prongs on AC that was going into the brick and was getting 120V! So power was flowing to the brick, but not out of the brick-so it was the PS that was dead (at least). Just to be sure I also checked the 19.5V PS for my laptop (a bad-ass MSI gaming laptop that draws 9.23A which is why it probably never works on the damn plane b/c it draws too much juice!) and it registered 19.5V as it should...so pretty clear it's the Drobo PS (at least-guess the enclosure could still be fried but won't know for sure until I replace the PS to check!) The sad thing is I'd bought a Drobo FS enclosure from a dude on ebay for $100 (which is pretty cheap since most were going for $200-300 as I'd made an offer for $100 and he instantly accepted it-along with $17 shipping) but I'm pretty sure I don't need it now so I cancelled the order and am trying to make sure that he doesn't ship it out-and while he was super fast to respond to the offer he hasn't responded to the request yet...which makes me wonder if he's going to try to send it out and stick me with it...not the worst since it was only $100 but still... And the PS that say they're for the Drobo are ~$40. My friend pointed out that I just need to get one that outputs the same amps at the right voltage (8.33A at 12V), so I found this and offered $9 and let's see if it works! It should right? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Quality-12V-DC-8A-8-amp-96W-POWER-Supply-ADAPTER-Transformer-for-LED-Strip-CCTV/162294980793 If he doesn't accept the offer I'll just buy it at the $11 full price lol! :P BINO -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of lopaka polena Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 4:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Dead Drobo FS? I have a drobo 5N as the backup for my synology 1518+. Drobo is faster on large transfers but synology support is much better and longer. I'd guess the power supply is probably what went out but it would be a bummer to buy one and have the main unit as the culprit. Any used power supplies on ebay? lopaka On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 4:10 PM Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > Well so since it seems the list isn't dead, figured I could ask here... > > I have an older Drobo FS that I got from a friend (old network > attached storage model). I had it off for a while while I was redoing > my cabinet and went to power it on and nothing. Zero, zip, zilch no > matter what outlet I try to use. > > So I'm wondering if it's the enclosure or the power supply and > replacement PS are $50-70 online and that seems a waste if it's the > enclosure, so any thoughts? Anyone have a spare Drobo PS lying around > they wouldn't mind sending me? > > And if I was to replace it, what would be the best recommended > replacement? I assume since it's a Drobo proprietary FS I wouldn't be > able to transfer the drives to a regular RAID backup so I'd lose > whatever was on them huh? Hmmmm, that's not so good... > > Thoughts? > > > BINO > >
