power supply

[yamar1]

i heard the power supplys were shi*e but not this shi*e, my dreambox finaly arrived from our freinds in china, spanking new, great stuff even came with dk image, up and running in 10 mins to good to be true i thought. unpluged it took it into another room plugged power supply in seen a small spark at the plug then the power supply no longer lit up or worked it lasted about half an hour!, has samsung on the back (somehow dont think so) anyway tried anoter supply with the same rating 12v 3amp and works fine why use crap power supplys surely they know there not up to much!

[thered]

lucky m8 you could have fried your box before you got started good your up and running

[yamar1]

that was the first thing i thought when i saw the small spark, luckily its fine. dont think much of them supplys though.

[kevob215]

i,ve had the same problem. were did you get your other power supply from?

[yamar1]

actualy had one lying about from a lcd computer display which worked off the same 12v 3 amps. but there seems plenty on ebay as long as you get the correct one!

[jake1970]

linux black box

also had problem with power supply box working fine just power supply dosnt, think there is a pattern imerging

[yamar1]

yes definitley, easily available for around a tenner as long as the rating is correct will be ok, the seller is gona send me a replacement anyway but il be reluctant to use it!

[jake1970]

yer the seller is going to resend a power supply to me too , but probally just use what i have might be safer

[birkenhead]

If you crack open the PSU, some have a fuse! mine as fuse which as blow twice, just resoldered new ones in. FIXED.

[utdman]

If you crack open the PSU, some have a fuse! mine as fuse which as blow twice, just resoldered new ones in. FIXED.

i have 3 dud power supplies. from your above comment do you mean that they can be opened up and a fuse can be resoldered?

[yamar1]

If you crack open the PSU, some have a fuse! mine as fuse which as blow twice, just resoldered new ones in. FIXED.

got nothing to lose and one to play with,,,, il let yous know how i get on!! nothing to lose haha!!

[alliv]

got nothing to lose and one to play with,,,, il let yous know how i get on!! nothing to lose haha!!

how did you get on? mine blew today.

[yamar1]

they realy are crap m8, gona try and take it apart tonight and have a look, theres no screws in the powerpack so i think it must be clipped together

[alliv]

they realy are crap m8, gona try and take it apart tonight and have a look, theres no screws in the powerpack so i think it must be clipped together

thanks m8, gave mine to a friend who works building the things and he said the soldering inside is very light and dry.

[yamar1]

well got it open had to prize it apart and yes the soldered fuse had blown, quite hard to get apart there glued, think the best bet when reasembling it would be to tape the outer black housing back up with electrical tape (for future blown fuses!) see enclosed pic i know its crap but so is my camera. fuse is on the left near the black power in block. hope this helps, they realy do look cheaply made!