<div dir="ltr">I took apart the old power supply, and it looked pretty sad/messy inside. Anyone have a 5 VDC, 2 to 3 A AC adapter they don't want anymore? I'd be willing to pick it up! I think I have some adapters, but I think they're all 9 VDC and up.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 2013-01-29 Kevin McGregor wrote:<br>
> 1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad.<br>
> Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool<br>
> presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get<br>
> the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not.<br>
<br>
</div>Wait for it.... It could be bad caps! I've started seeing a lot of<br>
brick-type power supplies get bad caps. Like we needed another thing<br>
to worry about. My KVM switch was doing really weird things, like<br>
causing mouse scrolls when I used my paper shredder(!!!), until it<br>
finally died. Opened up the KVM (was ok) and PS and the brick had bad<br>
caps! Well, usually just 1 cap in those things.<br>
<br>
They are hard to crack open as they are glued usually, but if you don't<br>
care about cosmetics, it is possible and quite easy to fix once open.<br>
<br>
Stupid cap companies and the stupid companies that buy stupid caps!!<br>
Spend the extra 5c for *!#@% sakes.</rant><br>
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