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- Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:52 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
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Re: I am an idiot.
Just as a follow-up - jumping this component with a bit of 18ga tinned copper wire absolutely did get me back up and running again! Thanks Gabriel, your help is very much appreciated!
- Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:07 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
- Replies: 8
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Re: I am an idiot.
Thanks very much! 
- Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21393
Re: I am an idiot.
AHAH! Thank you so much Gabriel!!! You just made my day! One quick question though - ferrites are usually installed to cut down on transmitted radio frequency (RF) energy... and this computer is going to be installed in a cupboard with a ham radio rig! I will definitely jump the circuit with wire to...
- Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:23 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21393
Re: I am an idiot.
...also, once I have figured out what the blown component is and replaced it with a suitable replacement, can anyone recommend a suite of (free) diagnostic tools for Windows 7? If it's just that component and replacing it makes the Fit-PC3 able to boot then yay, but I will need to rely on this machi...
- Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:18 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 21393
Re: I am an idiot.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Ok, maybe can someone take a high-res photo of the power-connector section of their Fit-PC3 mainboard, so I can at least have a comparative photo of what it's *supposed* to look like?
I'm literally dead in the water down here.
Ok, maybe can someone take a high-res photo of the power-connector section of their Fit-PC3 mainboard, so I can at least have a comparative photo of what it's *supposed* to look like?
I'm literally dead in the water down here.
- Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:09 pm
- Forum: Power and Heat
- Topic: I am an idiot.
- Replies: 8
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I am an idiot.
...and I really should have double-checked the polarity of the power connection on my sailboat install of my new Fit-PC3. But I didn't. And now I have destroyed my Fit-PC3. For posterity's sake, this is what happens if you feed the wrong polarity power to a Fit-PC3: http://riotnrrd.com/skitch/fit-pc...