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romanlutsk · 11-17-2011, 02:52 PM

I've been very happy with my PE for over 2 months, but this morning it started making a hissing sound when connected to a charger (variable 12-24v charger from ebay - not a stock charger) and wouldn't charge.

I played around with some settings and accidentally switched the charger to 24v (while PE was hibernating). After that, it wouldn't turn on (tried reset, etc)

Any ideas on what can be done? (usually some capacitor burns up, so I can find a similar one and replace it). However, looking at a stock motherboard (I haven't opened my PE yet), I don't see any "replaceable" parts :-)

Thanks,
Roman

11-17-2011, 02:52 PM	#1
romanlutsk Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: PE	Pocket Edge fried (put 24v instead of 12v) - ideas? I've been very happy with my PE for over 2 months, but this morning it started making a hissing sound when connected to a charger (variable 12-24v charger from ebay - not a stock charger) and wouldn't charge. I played around with some settings and accidentally switched the charger to 24v (while PE was hibernating). After that, it wouldn't turn on (tried reset, etc) Any ideas on what can be done? (usually some capacitor burns up, so I can find a similar one and replace it). However, looking at a stock motherboard (I haven't opened my PE yet), I don't see any "replaceable" parts :-) Thanks, Roman