Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Niels Ole > Staub Kirkeby" writes: > >> Cortex Systems in Denmark (distributer for northen Europe) says it should >> be protected against reverse voltage so why the heck did it became toast ? > > I belive the reverse protection is a shorting diode (FET ?). > > If you supplied power throught he DC connector on the front, you may > just have blow the fuse (one of the minute gadgets close by the DC > connector). > > If you fed it through the white 6-pin connector on the board, you may > be behind the input protection circuit and you will be out of luck.
hmm, and how should Joe Average know about these facts given that there is no manual for the 5501? _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech