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Jun 04 03:20:01 <tidalwav1> After unplugging my SheevaPlug and plugging it back in, no lights, no nothing, just dead. :(
Jun 04 03:20:12 <tidalwav1> Guessing a power supply failure, anything I can do about it?
Jun 04 03:20:31 <tidalwav1> It's waaaaaaaaaay past warranty.
Jun 04 03:21:18 <Tootoot222> tidalwav1: if you're sure it's a power failure, yeah
Jun 04 03:21:42 <Tootoot222> buy/find a 5 volt 2 (or more, 3 is prefered) amp charger of any sort
Jun 04 03:21:45 <Tootoot222> cut off the end of the charger
Jun 04 03:21:56 <Tootoot222> cut the cable that goes from the PSU to the motherboard
Jun 04 03:22:01 <Tootoot222> then solder the two together
Jun 04 03:22:14 <tidalwav1> I already busted the plug open
Jun 04 03:22:40 <tidalwav1> no magic smoke appears to have left anywhere :) the PSU->mobo connector has four wires
Jun 04 03:22:49 <Tootoot222> yeah
Jun 04 03:22:54 <tidalwav1> not sure which of those are power and which aren't
Jun 04 03:22:59 <Tootoot222> just solder red+red to the positive, black+black to ground
Jun 04 03:23:11 <Tootoot222> (stick 'em both together)
Jun 04 03:23:19 <tidalwav1> ah wasnt sure if it was as simple as that
Jun 04 03:23:35 <tidalwav1> I'm not POSITIVE it's a PSU failure but it seems likely considering the lack of blinkenlights :P
Jun 04 03:23:49 <Tootoot222> well, psu failure actually makes the lights blink
Jun 04 03:24:05 <tidalwav1> how would they blink if there was no power :p
Jun 04 03:24:34 <Tootoot222> i've seen 2 different symptoms of the same failure, either the rj45 lights constantly on, or rj45 lights on for 1/2 a second, then off 1/2 a second
Jun 04 03:24:43 <Tootoot222> regardless if anything is plugged in or not
Jun 04 03:25:12 <tidalwav1> not seeing any lights come on ever, rj45 or on top
Jun 04 03:25:17 <Tootoot222> get a batter tester and see if there's any current coming out of the psu
Jun 04 03:25:21 <Tootoot222> battery tester*
Jun 04 03:25:37 <Tootoot222> should be 4.9~5.1 volts for a properly functioning psu
Jun 04 03:33:05 <tidalwav1> cool, will try measuring with a multimeter
Jun 04 03:33:12 <tidalwav1> thanks for the advice
Jun 04 06:47:12 <kerio> Tootoot222: to do things in a neat way you could connect the mobo to the figure-8 socket directly
Jun 04 06:47:27 <kerio> but then you'd have to make sure never to use a normal cable there
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