<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><span class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>> I went ahead and put in a ticket with Silicon Dust since when my HDHR ATSC<br>
> died they gave me a good deal on a replacement. The response was it COULD be<br>
> the power supply. Well I don't have a lot (0) 5V 3A wall warts hanging<br>
> around<br>
<br>
</span>While the supply is rated 3A, it only requires 2.5A (newer ships<br>
use a 2.5A supply, I am guessing that the 3A ones were cheaper<br>
to acquire from the usual 3rd parties at the time), and then only to<br>
be able to supply the (no known to exist) TA that actually takes<br>
.5A for power via the USB port (all shipping TAs are self-powered).<br>
So "for testing", a 2A supply is sufficient.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>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.</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Typically, the first thing to test is swap the ethernet cable and<br>
port (on the switch), followed by the power supply, because<br>
those are easiest to perform without more advanced equipment.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>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.</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Note that the Prime PS bricks were slightly higher quality than<br>
the original PS bricks on other devices, but everything fails,<br>
and temperature (in a "closet", in the "summer") might contribute<br>
to the failure.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>The closet is not air conditioned but it never gets that warm in there.</div><span class=""><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">SD does sell replacement power supplies at a nominal price<br>
(via tickets, not on their web site), or you can source locally<br>
(SD has the official specs on their forum at:<br>
<a href="https://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=19203" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=19203</a> ),<br>
or via your favorite online retailer. My recollection (I source locally,<br>
so no personal experience) is that the D-Link 5V 3A supply on<br>
Amazon works.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>I found the same thing on Ebay but Amazon will likely have much faster shipping.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/2NOiiJY.png">http://i.imgur.com/2NOiiJY.png</a> (image shows splicing into the 12v, yellow wires, but you get the idea)</div><div><br></div><div>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)</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>