eurovox max blue dead

[thetarget]

my Eurovox has been playing up the past few weeks
details of fault below

LCD screen not displaying correctly on some channels
all 3 lights on the box light up at the same time

(despite the LCD and the lights the box's worked ok )

problems starting to box again if switched off by the wall


today i have been watching tv and the sound went off
so i put the box in standby and and tried to switch back on
but the box wont switch on at all now

just displaying 2 little green dots on the LCD



do you think its a bin job

[alex123]

you probibly have a swollen cap on psu if that is not the case then jtag your box not ready for bin yet

[thetarget]

i am 90% sure its not a software problem as i have flashed the box while its been like this and after the flash it was just the same

[alex123]

and am 99% sure also thats why i said its your psu blown cap

[satsmo]

As said its a capacitor fault. You need to replace it with a 16V 1000uf cap, part No. VH50E at Maplins.

[thetarget]

ok thanks guys i will grab one tomorrow an chuck it in
and let you know how it went



thanks again

[thetarget]

all fixed for the grand total of 50p


thanks guys much appreciated

[corkyvw]

how do u know wot cap it is thats knackerd????

[bumble]

hi,,

on a blue eurovox 99.99% of the time its the c14 cap on the powerboard which fails,,

bumble

[HiTeck]

how do u know wot cap it is thats knackerd????

Its marked on the power supply unit C14

This pic may help,

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w241/grav86/c14.jpg