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ed |
posted on 16th Jan 11 at 15:18 |
One re-built power board :) | |
ed |
posted on 14th Jan 11 at 18:50 |
Got three capacitors in there that are obviously failed as they have popped out at the top. There could be more that have failed without any signs of destruction - hopefully the repair kit will arrive tomorrow or Monday so I can get on with mending it. | |
ed |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 19:32 |
Looks simple enough to do as it's only the caps that need replacing - they're easy to do :) | |
Stoneyginger |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 17:12 |
you could do the upgrade yourself easily just take your time and you dont need to upgrade the hdd | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 15:50 |
No need to replace the hard drive - some people recommended replacing the hard drive with one which had a lower power on surge required. | |
ed |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 13:00 |
Think I'll get the reliability and repair kits and bash myself a better PSU together then :) | |
stubs |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 12:53 |
Sorry I guess I didn't read your post correctly, I thought you were looking for someone who did the repair. | |
stubs |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 12:51 |
Quite common for the PSU's to fail on them. | |
ed |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 11:17 |
I'm glad Iim not the only on that thinks this is odd. Then again, we are talking about forums that think that you need to spend £100 on an HDMI cable. | |
Sam |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 10:42 |
quote: I wish someone told me this before! :mad: :facepalm: | |
Russ |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 10:35 |
that makes fuck all sense to me, you wouldnt replace your microwave door if the fuse went | |
Sam |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 10:24 |
Why do they recommend changing the HDD? | |
ed |
posted on 12th Jan 11 at 10:22 |
My PSU on the Thomson HD box seems to be failing - I've had so many issues with these boxes and I'm on my third after about 4 years now. It seems that you can buy the kits to modify the PSU to a higher spec than original to make it far more reliable, which I intend on doing. I've been reading on a few forums that people recommend that you replace the HDD when you replace the PSU. I don't really record that much stuff so would quite like to avoid the expense of replacing the HDD. |