fit-IoT Users Forum

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!

Thanks very much!

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...

...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...

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.

...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...