Thread: DSATX nightmare

any ideas...i dont know how to troubleshoot this..it just doesnt want to turn on at all anymore.

is it time to get a new one? lol

Originally Posted by DarquePervert

Well, when you turn the ignition, do you get a solid light on the DSATX?

nope..thats what i was gunning for.

the night before last night, i isolated my DSATX and ran it..everything was perfect, the PC was steady. however my DSATX was not mounted to anything, so obviously i cannot drive like that.

so last night i got a piece of plastic and mounted the DSATX onto it. I rested the DSATX on static foam and mounted it to the plastic..the screws i have are kinda short, so there wasnt any space between plastic,foam, and DSATX. everything was tightly on top of each other(which is probably not a good idea).

then I mounted the whole plastic piece to inside of the PC case.

I connected all the wires (GND,VIN,ACC) . Went to turn my ignition on and nothing. No red LED even. So I figured I did something wrong once again.

I decided to isolate my DSATX just like i did the night before. I disconnected the 24pin and the 4 pin and the pwr switch. And had the DSATX only connected to GND,VIN, and ACC. Not laying on anything. I turned the ignition and once again no red LED. I got out my voltmeter and checked the terminals and they are all getting proper reading. So I was getting 12V and still nothing.

Hence I am confused as to what could be the problem. I did not do anything between the night before and last night, except mount the DSATX to the plastic. Maybe during this part i somehow damaged something..i am not sure.

I will check the fuse tonight, but im pretty sure its not the fuse...i dont know why it would be under these circumstances.

Ouch. If your talking about the pink foam they ship electronics in....... that conducts electricity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistatic_bag

thats what i figured as well, i dont see it as a problem...however maybe my DSATX was too tightly on top of the foam that caused it some problem?