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Sorry for your loss. HAve you contacted the manufacturer? Theymight reimburse you for the cost of replacing the damaged parts...
Ok,
Bought a generic USB 2.0 (2 port) cardbus card for my laptop/carpc.
Figured I might need more juice as I was going to plug an Audigy into it and a usb 802.11g stick.
So.....I buy the supposedly matching ac/dc power supply (running an inverter in the car for the time being).
Plug it in, it smokes the usb wireless stick after a day.
I pull out the trust multimeter and check voltage:
7.6 volts!!!!
WHY? Is there some wacky standard of USB that goes beyond 5V?
Need confirmation of two things:
1. This is what most likely killed the wireless stick (smells burnt/wont detect on any machine now)?
2. Suggest a correct POL supply. I assume the 5V/15W POL in the mp3car store is a good stab. Just want to make SURE I'm on the right path here as I'm less than thrilled throwing $12 for a USB wireless stick down the magic smoke drain.
Bought it from some flea bag website. Thats what I get for A. Buying too cheap B. Not verifying the voltage when I was soldering all my crap on the bench. I have a multi-meter sitting next to me, but did I turn it on that day? Bzzt. Oh, at least I had my old polarity tester to make sure I wired the barrel connector correctly (had to make the original line longer).Originally Posted by DarquePervert
I guess the real question is why in the world would there be higher than 5V usb hub power supplies?????? Even more interesting is my audigy 2 nx survived the abuse, but the el cheapo usb wireless stick toasted itself. Must be better protection/etc in the sound card.
On a side note, I've had zero issues with the inverter after I performed surgery on it to remove the internal under current alarm speaker (fun when it would fire up you would get a beep for a few seconds).
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