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nano burnt out the emachines power supply?

Oct 30, 2006 1:08AM PST

My daughter left her iPod Nano plugged into our emachines running XP all night long. When we rebooted the computer in the morning - we get little or no power. The computer seems to start up ok, the light turns green, then you can hear the power quieten down & the light fades to a pale yellow. Nothing works from that point on.

Is this the power supply that has burned out or does someone know what else it could be?

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Unlikely. Here's why.
Oct 30, 2006 1:22AM PST

If you read the USB spec, you can short out the USB 5V lines to any other line without burnout. And at 500mA at 5V that's 2.5 Watts. This should not strain any machine's 300 and up Watt power supply.

I'd look eleswhere for the cause such as age, etc.

Bob

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So should I replace the power supply?
Oct 30, 2006 10:33PM PST

Well, I didn't think it was the nano, but it was a big coincidence!

Should I look at replacing the power supply? Any other ideas?

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Testing the power supply.
Oct 30, 2006 10:39PM PST

To see if that's it, try one more time and when it's failed use your Voltmeter to test the power supply "legs" to see if the supply has died on any of the legs.

Bob