does the green light come on?
if not check a different powers supply
Hi , I bought a DM500 from Fernbay many months ago.And now it's death couple weeks ago. Anyone have any ideas?? how to fix this??
thanks
Last edited by waiheke; 05-06-08 at 12:39 PM.
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does the green light come on?
if not check a different powers supply
Have you got a multimeter? Measure the voltage across the pwr supply, if it's all good then crack open the dreambox and have a look for bulging capacitors. An electrolytic cap should have a perfectly flat top, if there are some that aren't flat cruise on down to jaycar and get some replacements.....it won't cost you more than a couple of bucks.
There goes your warranty
I have seen dry joints on the DC connector on the main board
but it is almost always been the plug pack can you try a different one
as the origanal still put out 12 volts but not
enough amps to power the thing up
even last night it happened to a guy i know
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Is the pwr getting into the box? Grab your multimeter, grab your earth from the chassis and see if you can find any voltage in there whatsover.
Hi,
Check for any bad connection on the power input connector of the box, possible bad solder joint or connector .
Have had problems with two boxes, connectors rather fragile.
I am the guy best4less is talking about I had the same problem lights wouldn't come on and power supply still reading 12VDC but the problem is the PS isn't putting out enough amps to power the thing up.
I needed to try at least a 1A power supply to get the thing booted, a 500mA PS was enough to get a green light but not enough to boot the thing.
Also does anyone know if a DM500s can run fine with a 1A power supply rather than the 2A one that comes with it or can you experience intermittent probs?
Yes, they run fine on a 1A supply.
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hi there fern,off subject but what is that flag you are flying?
cheers Kat.
Sorry if I'm stepping on your toes Fernbay;
The flag is the "Eureka Flag", it's the symbol for fighting for the rights of the little guy. A very important flag indeed!
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