From: Patrick Staehlin <patrick_at_staehlin.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:45:14 +0200

BlueChip wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I finally got around to look at my broken 20GB Jukebox Recorder (board
>> rev. 1.3B). It doesn't power-on anymore when I plug in the charger but
>> the solder points inside the archos seemed to be fine. If i apply 5V
>> to the battery-connectors the unit *does* work.
>>
>> Since I'm not an electronics expert, I don't know where to look for
>> broken parts inside the player. Those SMD-parts are looking all the
>> same to me ;) Any hints?
>
>
> A few mails back there was a chat about what happens if you reverse the
> polarity ...it kills the charger circuit ...as this sounds like your
> problem (although maybe not your cause) you may like to read up about
> leaky/black capacitors and charger chip replacement part-numbers :)

Well, it *looked* like it was this chip, but i think I've
destroyed the hd while experimenting with an external 5V DC
powersource ;-P (HD register error while booting).

Anyway, thanks for your reply.

Patrick

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