The "Awwwwwww" part: I think my SheevaPlug is dead. It stopped responding to SSH (or, well, ping), and when I tried connecting via the funky USB/serial port, my PC doesn't even detect that the SheevaPlug is plugged in, let alone attempt a connection via PuTTY. Note: the power light comes on steady, as do both the green and amber lights on the Ethernet port. So, what are my options? 1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad. Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not. 2. Buy another SheevaPlug? Too expensive for my budget. 3. Buy a Raspberry Pi? Can you get them locally? Or order them online from a reputable Canadian supplier? Discuss.
If you're up for an attempt at fixing it yourself, there's a quick write-up here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-fix-sheevaplug-powersupply/#step1 Otherwise, if you're looking for a raspberry pi, Active Electronics sells them locally, (located at Century and St. Matthews) and Allied Electronics (http://alliedelec.com) sells them online. They're $50 local, and $35 online plus shipping. On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com>wrote:
The "Awwwwwww" part: I think my SheevaPlug is dead. It stopped responding to SSH (or, well, ping), and when I tried connecting via the funky USB/serial port, my PC doesn't even detect that the SheevaPlug is plugged in, let alone attempt a connection via PuTTY. Note: the power light comes on steady, as do both the green and amber lights on the Ethernet port.
So, what are my options? 1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad. Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not. 2. Buy another SheevaPlug? Too expensive for my budget. 3. Buy a Raspberry Pi? Can you get them locally? Or order them online from a reputable Canadian supplier?
Discuss.
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On 2013-01-29 Kevin McGregor wrote:
1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad. Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not.
Wait for it.... It could be bad caps! I've started seeing a lot of brick-type power supplies get bad caps. Like we needed another thing to worry about. My KVM switch was doing really weird things, like causing mouse scrolls when I used my paper shredder(!!!), until it finally died. Opened up the KVM (was ok) and PS and the brick had bad caps! Well, usually just 1 cap in those things. They are hard to crack open as they are glued usually, but if you don't care about cosmetics, it is possible and quite easy to fix once open. Stupid cap companies and the stupid companies that buy stupid caps!! Spend the extra 5c for *!#@% sakes.</rant>
I took apart the old power supply, and it looked pretty sad/messy inside. Anyone have a 5 VDC, 2 to 3 A AC adapter they don't want anymore? I'd be willing to pick it up! I think I have some adapters, but I think they're all 9 VDC and up. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor@tecnopolis.ca> wrote:
On 2013-01-29 Kevin McGregor wrote:
1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad. Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not.
Wait for it.... It could be bad caps! I've started seeing a lot of brick-type power supplies get bad caps. Like we needed another thing to worry about. My KVM switch was doing really weird things, like causing mouse scrolls when I used my paper shredder(!!!), until it finally died. Opened up the KVM (was ok) and PS and the brick had bad caps! Well, usually just 1 cap in those things.
They are hard to crack open as they are glued usually, but if you don't care about cosmetics, it is possible and quite easy to fix once open.
Stupid cap companies and the stupid companies that buy stupid caps!! Spend the extra 5c for *!#@% sakes.</rant> _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
Also, check out this ~$260 replacement power supply for the SheevaPlug! A Kick-Butt Replacement Power Supply<http://www.plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=5753.0> which leads to a New, Improved Power Supply<http://www.randomexploits.com/projects/sheevaplug/power-supply.htm>at Random Exploits, followed up by An Even Newer, Even More Improved V2 Power Supply<http://www.randomexploits.com/projects/sheevaplug/power-supply-v2-page1.htm>, and you can even check the current Server Power Supply Status<http://mookiedog.dyndns.org/power.php>online. A more basic article is also found at PlugComputer.org<http://plugcomputer.org/plugforum/index.php?topic=2327.0> . I wonder if there's any chance this post will get by the excess-URL filter? On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Kevin McGregor <kevin.a.mcgregor@gmail.com>wrote:
I took apart the old power supply, and it looked pretty sad/messy inside. Anyone have a 5 VDC, 2 to 3 A AC adapter they don't want anymore? I'd be willing to pick it up! I think I have some adapters, but I think they're all 9 VDC and up.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor@tecnopolis.ca>wrote:
On 2013-01-29 Kevin McGregor wrote:
1. Maybe it's the power supply. These ones are known for going bad. Anyone want to try to fix it? Hey -- that would be a cool presentation: Fix a SheevaPlug PS in real-time and see if we can get the thing to boot! Okay, maybe not.
Wait for it.... It could be bad caps! I've started seeing a lot of brick-type power supplies get bad caps. Like we needed another thing to worry about. My KVM switch was doing really weird things, like causing mouse scrolls when I used my paper shredder(!!!), until it finally died. Opened up the KVM (was ok) and PS and the brick had bad caps! Well, usually just 1 cap in those things.
They are hard to crack open as they are glued usually, but if you don't care about cosmetics, it is possible and quite easy to fix once open.
Stupid cap companies and the stupid companies that buy stupid caps!! Spend the extra 5c for *!#@% sakes.</rant> _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable@muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable
I always hit up Value Village for stuff like that. Typically $4 or so. From: roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca [mailto:roundtable-bounces@muug.mb.ca] On Behalf Of Kevin McGregor Sent: 30 January 2013 18:52 To: Continuation of Round Table discussion Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Awwwwww. Raspberry Pi? I took apart the old power supply, and it looked pretty sad/messy inside. Anyone have a 5 VDC, 2 to 3 A AC adapter they don't want anymore? I'd be willing to pick it up! I think I have some adapters, but I think they're all 9 VDC and up.
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