Re: Old xbox replacement power supply...
Thank you very much gonzo0815!
I had heard about resoldering the connectors but the glue is a nice touch (especially since I read that some people were still have the problem of the soldering coming lose after repairing them)...
Thank you!
Nick
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Old xbox replacement power supply...
Hi!
I have been offered, by one of my friends, an old Xbox (classic).
Unfortunately it's one of the Xbox which power supply was faulty and for which ms was providing what I think was an arc fault interrupter instead of the regular power cord.
Has anybody used replacement power supplies found on places likes Ebay and were you satisfied with the quality?
Thank you!
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Re: Connecting ground from different power supplies...
Hi!
Thank you for your answer!
What triggered my question are devices connected to the serial/parallel/usb port of a computer... They don't all use the current provided by the pc and frequently have their own power supplies (modem, printer, etc...).
I think that my confusion comes from the fact that for AC the rules are not exactly the same...
Have a nide day & happy holidays!
NickLeave a comment:
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Connecting ground from different power supplies...
Hi!
This is probably a dumb question but is it ok to connect together grounds from two different power supplies?
I've seen some schematics where they seem to do that but I'm not quite sure if I'm reading them correctly
Assuming this is ok, would it be ok to do the same with a battery and a power supply (I tend to think that it would NOT be ok...)?
Thank you very much for your help!
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
I was able to make it work by cleaning the contacts as much as I could (I'm not sure how the thing is put together but I can't seem to be able to get the circuit board out of the remote's casing)...
Unfortunatly, that was not the sole problem with the remote, the battery door is broken and I've been unable to find a way to make it hold properly...
Cleaning it really seems to have done the trick (at least as far as making it work again)...
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Re: Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
Hi!
Sorry for the delayed reply...
I'll take a backup of that pc (if I damage the motherboard I will no longer be able to access one of this pc's hard disks because one of them is LVD) and I'll get the motherboard out of that case...
Sorry for the possibly dumb question but if I remove that resistor do I have to put a wire/jumper in its place?
Thank you very much for your help!!
Nick...Last edited by Knight; 07-17-2006, 07:18 PM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
Sorry for the delayed reply...
From your description it looks like it's easier to get the normal stuff than here (Canada)... I went to two stores that used to be "Radio Shack"s here (they were replaced by "The Source by Circuit City", FYI that's their name include the "by Circuit City" part...) and one of them only had a couples of switches, plugs and leds...
I was more lucky at the other but I couldn't find a part that had the specs...Leave a comment:
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
The only used spare parts I have now are the one that were damaged by lightning, somehow I don't think I should use these...
[I am a programmer/network admin that wish he was better with a soldering iron and still has a lot to learn... I don't have spare parts lying around everywhere ...]
I also need a cap with pretty long leads if I am to put it on its side like it was done on the fix I found on the web...
The resistor I...Last edited by Knight; 07-10-2006, 09:19 PM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
It can you haven't guessed it by now I'm somewhat .... off that the NIC is blown on an otherwise perfectly working motherboard...
Nick...Leave a comment:
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
I'm very open to these suggestions, I just wanted to make sure you meant 63V and not 6.3V...
O.k.
From the pics it looks like I will have to put the caps on its side, would a 63V cap be too big for that?
And other parts of the receiver would probably go bad before that...
I'm surprised it seems to be so difficult in Europe to get parts... I'm...Last edited by Knight; 07-10-2006, 08:36 PM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
Hi!
You came to more or less the same conclusion as I did, the surge got from one device to the other from the network...
The device closest to where lightning probably struck is the non-working motherboard which was connected on the network...
They are probably burned/blown but it's not visible (thru-hole and SMT components look ok visually)... I did have one surprise when I remove the switch motherboard from its casing, there's a lot of SMT component...Leave a comment:
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Re: Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
Hi!
So it's more or less a loss cause...
I didn't want to mess with them if there was a chance of repairing them but all is not loss, I'll use them to pratice my soldering/desoldering...
It was so close that the colors on my TV (CRT) were messed up for a while as if there has been a magnet/magnetic field pretty close to it...
I was very lucky and the TV got back to normal after a few hours (no degaussing needed) I believe my TV has...Leave a comment:
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
O.k.
Higher temperature [B]and[/B] higher voltage?
One can always hope that since they sell electronic parts they are knowledgeable enough to be able to identify counterfeit parts (though that must not be always easy...)
I bought quite a few things on Ebay and this has overall been a positive experience with a few exceptions...
[But what I bought had very few chances of being counterfeit...]...Leave a comment:
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Re: Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
Hi!
Non-working:
- An old motherboard (Tyan S1854, Pentium 3 866Mhz). It would have been nice if I could have gotten it to work again as I use these old motherboard to make test servers (mail servers, file server, etc...). FYI, caps on this appear to be Rubycon and seems to be ok...
- Network switch (D-Link DSS-8+). It turns on but the status Leds go crazy... If I'm not mistkaen I saw G-Luxon caps in there (a bad brand I believe but they seem to be ok).
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Damaged by lightning (apparantly), repairable or junk?
Hi!
A couple of months ago some electronics devices in my home were damaged by what appears to be lightning that struck very close to my home (it might even have struck my TV antenna that's on a tower just beside my home).
Are parts that were damaged by lightning usually repairable or should I practice my soldering/desoldering skills with them?
Thanks!
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
I had noticed (there are some specs on the package it came in) that the receiver was a 5V device but as I didn't know what the other parts were used for so I wasn't sure if there was a higher voltage going through them or not...
At your suggestion I started looking for a datasheet and found the one of the original receiver (276-137) and a few other compatible (or almost compatible, some of them change the pinout) and a few circuits based on that receiver......Leave a comment:
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Re: Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
I think in my case I'll try to get new parts because I think I would have more difficulties soldering something on which the leads are already cut and I don't have that many spare parts...
That "mouse" uses RF but as it actually move a cursor on the screen you must actually see where the cursor is on the screen...
Thank you very much for your help!!
Nick...Leave a comment:
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Adding IR to an old receiver (STR-G3), need help...
Hi!
I would like to add IR control to an old receiver I have here...
The receiver in question is a Sony STR-G3 which used to be controlled by some sort of "mouse" (RM-VP1) which is unfortunatly broken...
[That amp was what was called at the time a "Visiontouch" receiver...]
There is a way to add IR control to that amp using a hack described at the following URL: [url]http://web2.airmail.net/will/str0g3.html[/url]
I am not (yet) very good with a soldering iron but I think I can do it, the problem I have... -
Re: Emachines T3256
Hi!
FYI, it looks like owner changed h(is/er) mind or it was a temporary shut down because the site is up...
Have a nice day!
Nick
PS: I don't have an eMachine but I agree with you that the site seems to have a lot of good infos on them......Leave a comment:
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