Hi all
I added a Noctua fan to this dual NIC system at the DC jack, but this of course meant the fan was always on. I was probing for a 12V RUN point and my hand slipped. Now there are two problems - (1) the NIC closest to the power jack is now completely dead, no LEDs and not detected in device manager, and (2) the system is in a constant state of powered on - if the system is shut down it just turns on again a few seconds later. Apart from this the system and the second NIC are still working fine.
I've added a red arrow to where I was probing when my hand slipped, and the smaller blue arrow shows the direction in which my hand slipped. I definitely shorted the SMD electrolytic cap to the SOT23-6 IC but there was also a spark by the now-dead NIC and I'm not sure what I hit there. The SOT23-6 IC seems to read D5KE or D6KE with a 32 at the end, but that doesn't return any results so I'm not sure what it is. Have I probably just killed this IC or have I damaged something further downstream? I can live with the broken second NIC but the issue with the power being stuck on is really irritating. (It's occurred to me I could get an e-key RTL8111 NIC as I have a slot spare and either wire it separately in the case or somehow wire it to the existing dead port)
If anyone has a schematic for this board that would also be awesome, but I doubt there is one circulating.
Thanks
I added a Noctua fan to this dual NIC system at the DC jack, but this of course meant the fan was always on. I was probing for a 12V RUN point and my hand slipped. Now there are two problems - (1) the NIC closest to the power jack is now completely dead, no LEDs and not detected in device manager, and (2) the system is in a constant state of powered on - if the system is shut down it just turns on again a few seconds later. Apart from this the system and the second NIC are still working fine.
I've added a red arrow to where I was probing when my hand slipped, and the smaller blue arrow shows the direction in which my hand slipped. I definitely shorted the SMD electrolytic cap to the SOT23-6 IC but there was also a spark by the now-dead NIC and I'm not sure what I hit there. The SOT23-6 IC seems to read D5KE or D6KE with a 32 at the end, but that doesn't return any results so I'm not sure what it is. Have I probably just killed this IC or have I damaged something further downstream? I can live with the broken second NIC but the issue with the power being stuck on is really irritating. (It's occurred to me I could get an e-key RTL8111 NIC as I have a slot spare and either wire it separately in the case or somehow wire it to the existing dead port)
If anyone has a schematic for this board that would also be awesome, but I doubt there is one circulating.
Thanks
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