I know these weren't exactly hot sellers, but I've recently come into possession of a couple Xbox 360 HD DVD drives. For those of you not familiar, they're basically the Toshiba 3.5" drive sitting in an enclosure with a small cooling fan, USB hub, and 256MB memory card onboard.
To accommodate for the various different goodies, there is a small board behind the main logic board that (I'm guessing) acts as a power adapter of sorts, (even though the unit uses an external 12V power supply) probably for the 5V USB. Anyway, the drive was only barely working when I first got it, so, suspecting a lens, I opened the unit up and was surprised to see a burst capacitor on that little power board. Upon closer inspection, I was able to locate a suitable replacement and promptly installed that. After plugging it in, there was a loud pop and a puff of smoke, and it was indeed that pesky capacitor again. And no, I didn't install it backward (unless the shading on the board is reversed).
I'm all out of 16V 1500micro capacitors now, so I was wondering if anybody had any tips before calling it quits on this thing (or investing in more capacitors). I possess a multimeter and an inexpensive capacitor/ESR tester, but not a whole ton of experience. Any ideas?
To accommodate for the various different goodies, there is a small board behind the main logic board that (I'm guessing) acts as a power adapter of sorts, (even though the unit uses an external 12V power supply) probably for the 5V USB. Anyway, the drive was only barely working when I first got it, so, suspecting a lens, I opened the unit up and was surprised to see a burst capacitor on that little power board. Upon closer inspection, I was able to locate a suitable replacement and promptly installed that. After plugging it in, there was a loud pop and a puff of smoke, and it was indeed that pesky capacitor again. And no, I didn't install it backward (unless the shading on the board is reversed).
I'm all out of 16V 1500micro capacitors now, so I was wondering if anybody had any tips before calling it quits on this thing (or investing in more capacitors). I possess a multimeter and an inexpensive capacitor/ESR tester, but not a whole ton of experience. Any ideas?
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