barnapkins wrote:My beloved Chumby One died. i woke up the other day it was was flashing on and off and today it wont turn on at all.
sounds like you're a victim of 'bad capacitor syndrome'.
one of the caps in the wall wort is prone to going bad, and that gives chumby indigestion.
there's a video on youtube on how to fix it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbhG7JyT50 I've got a c1 that quit on me recently, and I cracked open the power brick and sure enough, that cap the guy in the video replaced was swollen (bad!).
I just now, like, in the middle of writing this post, went over and soldered in a new 1000uf capacitor that I got today... and my c1 booted up and logged in, and displayed the clock.
if you (or a friend) are at all handy with a soldering iron, I'd it's an easy fix. (I used channel lock pliars to crack open the case, couple firm squeezes along the side and it popped right open.)
just make sure your get a 10v to 16v cap, higher voltage ones, while they're electrically fine, are usually too large physically to fit into the tight space in there (it's crowded).
I'm thinking about starting the chumby rescue society. fixing those adapters for people, 'course they'd have to pay shipping both ways.
Cleaning up any loose bits and bytes.