[mythtv-users] I think my HRHR Prime died...

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Joseph,

Wednesday, September 2, 2015, 5:25:03 PM, you wrote:

>>
>> > I went ahead and put in a ticket with Silicon Dust since when my HDHR
>>> ATSC
>>> > died they gave me a good deal on a replacement. The response was it
>>> COULD be
>>> > the power supply. Well I don't have a lot (0) 5V 3A wall warts hanging
>>> > around
>>>
>>> While the supply is rated 3A, it only requires 2.5A (newer ships
>>> use a 2.5A supply, I am guessing that the 3A ones were cheaper
>>> to acquire from the usual 3rd parties at the time), and then only to
>>> be able to supply the (no known to exist) TA that actually takes
>>> .5A for power via the USB port (all shipping TAs are self-powered).
>>> So "for testing", a 2A supply is sufficient.
>>>
>>
>> That helps a little, but 5V power supplies a lot less common than 12V :)
>> I'm already looking at ebay but most ship from China or California, won't
>> see it until Sep 10th. Tried RadioShack, but nothing there either.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Typically, the first thing to test is swap the ethernet cable and
>>> port (on the switch), followed by the power supply, because
>>> those are easiest to perform without more advanced equipment.
>>>
>>
>> I really doubt it's my network equipment. Just bought a MkroTik Cloud
>> Route Switch[1] and nothing else is having any issues, Tried two cables and
>> multiple ports.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Note that the Prime PS bricks were slightly higher quality than
>>> the original PS bricks on other devices, but everything fails,
>>> and temperature (in a "closet", in the "summer") might contribute
>>> to the failure.
>>>
>>
>> The closet is not air conditioned but it never gets that warm in there.
>>
>>
>>
>>> SD does sell replacement power supplies at a nominal price
>>> (via tickets, not on their web site), or you can source locally
>>> (SD has the official specs on their forum at:
>>> https://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=19203 ),
>>> or via your favorite online retailer.  My recollection (I source locally,
>>> so no personal experience) is that the D-Link 5V 3A supply on
>>> Amazon works.
>>>
>>
>> I found the same thing on Ebay but Amazon will likely have much faster
>> shipping.
>>

> I am currently rebuilding my closet and all of my DC equipment is getting
> powered by a single PC power supply (no more wall warts).   It's trivial to
> splice the plug from your bad power supply onto a molex splitter (use red
> and black for 5v, yellow and black for 12v).  I have a dedicated supply for
> my equipment (4 HD PVRs at 5v and 4 Cisco STBs at 12v), but if you just
> wanted to test it, you could easily use your backend's power supply to
> power your HDHR.

> Just cut the cord from your bad power brick, and splice it into the red and
> black wires on a molex splitter or molex>sata adapter:
> http://i.imgur.com/2NOiiJY.png (image shows splicing into the 12v, yellow
> wires, but you get the idea)

> Unless your overloading your power supply, pulling 2A off the 5v rail
> shouldn't hurt anything (after all, your usb ports pull from the same rail,
> and I wager you can safely charge a phone or two on your system)

I'm surprised to hear that in the US you get your homerun with 3 or
2.5 A power supply. My European 4DC with 4 tuners comes with only 2A
and it started to fail within months. I now have it on 2.5A and it
almost always goes good. But I might have to give it more.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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